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Ancient Tick Found In New Jersey Leaves Experts Guessing
March 28, 2001 — A 90-million-year-old tick recently found in the heart of New Jersey has left entomologists scratching their heads. The tick is the oldest representative of the order Parasitiformes, increasing the ... > full story -
Study Sheds New Light On Lyme Disease Transmission
January 16, 2001 — New research on the tick-borne bacteria responsible for Lyme disease likely will make scientists think differently about how to develop a more effective vaccine. The findings clearly demonstrate that ... > full story -
A Gift Of Poison: Moths And Safe Sex
December 28, 2000 — Safe sex for scarlet-bodied wasp moths means avoiding being eaten by predators while mating. So, the male moth, in order to protect his intended during courtship, covers her with a bridal veil of ... > full story -
Biodiversity May Reduce Lyme Disease
June 8, 2000 — It's well-known that biodiversity makes ecosystems healthier. But new research shows that biodiversity may make people healthier too. People are less likely to get Lyme disease if they live in ... > full story -
Colonial Spiders Get Better Web Sites Not By Fighting But By Rising Early, Researchers Discover
June 2, 2000 — Researchers at the University of Cincinnati and Cornell University have discovered how large female spiders in colonies are able to claim enough territory to rebuild their daily webs in the face of ... > full story -
Research Shows For The First Time That Lyme Disease Bacterium Does Not Require Iron To Infect Host
June 2, 2000 — New research from scientists at the University of Georgia, just published in the journal Science, demonstrates that Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease in humans, is the ... > full story -
Yale And State Researchers Develop Improved Test For New Tick Disease
October 26, 1999 — Yale and state scientists have developed a new, simpler and more reliable blood test to detect a recently discovered disease called ehrlichiosis, which is carried by deer ticks. The test will make it ... > full story -
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Male Moth's Sperm Package Includes "Life Assurance Policy," Cornell Biologists Learn
May 12, 1999 — An enduring nuptial gift is included in every sperm package from a male rattlebox moth (Utetheisa ornatrix) to his freshly mated female: a potent, plant-derived chemical that protects her for life ... > full story -
Dyed In The Silkworm: Researchers Develop Novel Way To Produce Colored Silk
March 15, 1999 — In the March 1 issue of Genes & Development, Hajime Mori and colleagues at the Kyoto Institute of Technology in Kyoto, Japan report that they have developed a technique to produce genetically ... > full story -
Hurricane's Perfect Timing Brings A Scientific Bonanza
August 4, 1998 — In October 1996, Hurricane Lili was a killer in Central America. In Cuba, it destroyed homes and cane crops. But at its final landfall, among the small islands of the central Bahamas, the great storm ... > full story
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