Temperatures are rising, days are getting longer, and flowers are blooming again. Tick season is officially upon us. There are several tick species throughout the U.S., but two of the most common ...

For 11-year-old Jake Diaz, being outside is complicated. He loves playing golf, but he worries about ticks, because he’s lived with Lyme disease for more than half of his life. “It kind of ...

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"Not all creatures can be beautiful, but they all have interesting stories to tell." That's the backhanded compliment of ...

While a bite is generally harmless, it is possible that ticks carry and transmit diseases to humans. Stack the odds in your favour by knowing how to reduce the likelihood of a bite, and how to safely ...

An adult common vampire bat (Desmodus rotundus) was captured at night, as part of a national rabies control programme using mist nets at a small tree roost near cattle fields and a small town in ...

Mites are arthropods, not insects, and are close cousins with spiders and ticks. Most types of mites feed on other insects or on dead plant and animal material. (Dust mites, for example ...

May 28, 2025 — A team identified herpes virus saimiri, which infects the T cells of squirrel monkeys, as a source of proteins that activate pathways in T cells that are needed to promote T cell ...