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Lyme Disease Vaccine? Tick Saliva Found to Protect Mice from Lyme Disease
A protein found in the
saliva of ticks helps
protect mice from developing
Lyme disease, researchers
have discovered. The
... > full story
Spider Mite Predators Serve As Biological Control
The control of spider mites,
which damage tree leaves,
reduce fruit quality and
cost growers millions of
dollars in the use of
pesticide and oil spraying,
... > full story
Nepotism Has Its Benefits When It Comes To Survival, At Least For Spiders
While nepotism may have
negative connotations in
politics and the workplace,
being surrounded by your
relatives does lead to
... > full story
Male Australian Redback Spiders Employ Courtship Strategies To Preserve Their Life
New research shows that male
suitors of a female
cannibalistic spider risk
facing a premature death
unless they perform an
... > full story
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How Ticks Transmit Lyme Disease to Humans: Imaging Technique Leads to Better Understanding
November 17, 2009 — Using a powerful microscopic live imaging technique, researchers have discovered the way ticks transmit Lyme disease to humans is different than previously ... > full story -
Spider Web Glue Spins Society Toward New Biobased Adhesives
October 23, 2009 — With would-be goblins and ghosts set to drape those huge fake spider webs over doorways and trees for Halloween, scientists in Wyoming are reporting on a long-standing mystery about real spider webs: ... > full story -
Scientists Discover Largest Orb-Weaving Spider
October 21, 2009 — Researchers have discovered a new, giant Nephila species (golden orb weaver spider) from Africa and Madagascar. They also reconstructed size evolution in the family Nephilidae to show that this new ... > full story -
Better Blood Screening Process Needed To Prevent Babesiosis Transmission
October 20, 2009 — Babesiosis is a potentially dangerous parasitic disease transmitted by ticks and is common in the Northeast and the upper Midwest. It can also be transmitted through a blood transfusion from an ... > full story -
First Spider Known To Science That Feeds Mainly On Plant Food
October 13, 2009 — There are approximately 40,000 species of spiders in the world, all of which have been thought to be strict predators that feed on insects or other animals. Now, scientists have found that a small ... > full story -
Researchers To Probe Whether Lyme Disease Will Follow Spread Of Ticks Across U.S.
September 17, 2009 — Potentially debilitating Lyme disease doesn't afflict people everywhere that the ticks harboring it are found. At least not yet. A five-university consortium wants to find out why. "These ticks are ... > full story -
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New Device Is Highly Effective At Controlling Ticks That Spread Lyme Disease
September 1, 2009 — A device called the "4-poster" Deer Treatment Bait Station was highly effective at reducing the number of ticks infected with the Lyme disease bacterium in a six-year study in five Northeastern ... > full story -
Genetic Analysis Reveals Secrets Of Scorpion Venom
August 24, 2009 — Transcriptomic tests have uncovered the protein composition of venom from the Scorpiops jendeki scorpion. Researchers have carried out the first ever venom analysis in this arachnid, and discovered ... > full story -
Looking Different 'Helps Animals To Survive'
August 9, 2009 — In the animal kingdom, everything is not as it seems. Individuals of the same species can look very different from each other -- what biologists term "polymorphism." Sometimes the number of distinct ... > full story -
Scary Ancient 'Spiders' Revealed In 3D Models, With New Imaging Technique
August 5, 2009 — Early relatives of spiders that lived around 300 million years ago are revealed in new three-dimensional models. Previous studies of the fossilized remains of Cryptomartus hindi allowed scientists to ... > full story
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