Fossilised ticks discovered trapped and preserved in amber show that these parasites sucked the blood of feathered dinosaurs almost 100 million years ago, according to a new article published in Nature Communications today.
Archaeology
Dec 12, 2017
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Ticks are nasty little survivors, outlasting even dinosaurs as they resist drought, tolerate cold and go months without a meal.
Ecology
Sep 25, 2017
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Around the world, ticks are one of the most important vectors of zoonotic diseases—animal diseases communicable to humans—and they're everywhere.
Ecology
Sep 6, 2017
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White-footed mice in Howard County, Maryland are being collared as part of a study to improve control of the ticks that spread Lyme disease. The mouse collaring research, never before done in Maryland, is a partnership of ...
Ecology
Sep 6, 2017
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Proteins found in tick saliva could be used to treat a potentially fatal form of heart disease, according to new Oxford University research.
Biochemistry
Jun 27, 2017
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Ticks spend more than 90 percent of their up to three-year-long life starving and clambering around in leaf litter and on vegetation. They walk remarkable distances while periodically exploring distal plant parts in order ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 19, 2017
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Murdoch University researchers have discovered a new species of Australian tick, but believe it may be facing extinction because of its strong preference for critically endangered woylies.
Plants & Animals
Mar 9, 2017
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Everyone agrees that ticks are exceedingly nasty creatures. For hundreds of millions of years, they have survived on Earth by sucking blood from their victims for days, often leaving behind terrible diseases as a thank-you ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 14, 2017
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Scientists at the University of Liverpool are using the health records of dogs to monitor the status of a potentially fatal tick-borne disease that appears to have been imported into the UK.
Ecology
Aug 18, 2016
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After more than 50 years of research, the tick-borne bacterium responsible for one of the most troubling and economically devastating cattle diseases in the Western United States has been named and genetically characterized ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 27, 2016
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