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Ancient Sea Spider Fossils Discovered In Volcanic Ash
October 22, 2004 — Volcanic ash that encased and preserved sea life in the Silurian age 425 million years ago near Herefordshire, UK has yielded fossils of an ancient sea spider, or pycnogonid, one of the most unusual ... > full story -
Identifying Tick Genes Could Halt Disease, Bioterrorism Threat
September 3, 2004 — Ticks as small as a freckle can transmit a number of illnesses for which there is no vaccine and, in some cases, no cure. These creatures even could become bioterrorism ... > full story -
Mother Lode Of Jaguars Discovered In Bolivia Park
May 12, 2004 — Bolivia's sprawling Kaa-Iya Gran Chaco National Park, known for some of the world's highest densities of ticks, may now lay claim to another superlative: more jaguars than any protected area ... > full story -
Spiders Make Best Ever Post-It Notes
April 26, 2004 — Scientists have found that the way spiders stick to ceilings could be the key to making Post-it notes that don't fall off – even when they are ... > full story -
Researchers Find No Safe Place To Sit In California Tick-Infested Forest
April 9, 2004 — After a long hike through some of California's forests, it may be tempting to rest on a log or lean against a tree. Wrong move, say researchers at the University of California, Berkeley, who ... > full story -
Female Gluttony Blamed On Male Tick
April 6, 2004 — A certain species of tick has learned the secret to staying slim -- by remaining virgins. Female ticks who mate will drink 100 times their weight in host blood, whereas virgins aren't so ... > full story -
Global Warming Could Be Affecting Wolf-Moose Balance
March 5, 2004 — Wolves are up and moose are down this spring at Isle Royale National Park, the home of a 46-year study of predators and their prey. Researchers suspect that a global warming trend may be behind the ... > full story -
Researchers Uncover Key To Survival Of Bacterium That Causes Lyme Disease
February 24, 2004 — A specific outer-surface protein found in the bacterium that causes tick-borne Lyme disease is essential to survival of the bacterium in its natural life cycle and colonization in the insect, ... > full story -
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System Can Predict Disease Spread
February 20, 2004 — Scientists have developed a new system that uses basic information about the ecology of "vector" borne diseases - malaria, Lyme disease or some of the new emerging diseases such as Avian flu ... > full story -
Pest Control Breakthrough – From A Spider's Stomach
December 15, 2003 — DNA found in a spider's stomach could herald a breakthrough in the fight against farm pests, which cause millions of dollars of damage to ... > full story
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