Spider and Tick News

Posted November 19, 2009:

• Lyme Disease Vaccine? Tick Saliva Found to Protect Mice from Lyme Disease

Posted November 17, 2009:

• How Ticks Transmit Lyme Disease to Humans: Imaging Technique Leads to Better Understanding

Posted November 2, 2009:

• Spider Mite Predators Serve As Biological Control

Posted November 1, 2009:

• Nepotism Has Its Benefits When It Comes To Survival, At Least For Spiders

Posted October 26, 2009:

• Male Australian Redback Spiders Employ Courtship Strategies To Preserve Their Life

Posted October 23, 2009:

• Spider Web Glue Spins Society Toward New Biobased Adhesives

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Scientists Discover Largest Orb-Weaving Spider

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Better Blood Screening Process Needed To Prevent Babesiosis Transmission

Posted October 13, 2009:

• First Spider Known To Science That Feeds Mainly On Plant Food

Posted September 17, 2009:

• Researchers To Probe Whether Lyme Disease Will Follow Spread Of Ticks Across U.S.

Posted September 1, 2009:

• New Device Is Highly Effective At Controlling Ticks That Spread Lyme Disease

Posted August 24, 2009:

• Genetic Analysis Reveals Secrets Of Scorpion Venom

Posted August 9, 2009:

• Looking Different 'Helps Animals To Survive'

Posted August 5, 2009:

• Scary Ancient 'Spiders' Revealed In 3D Models, With New Imaging Technique

Posted July 26, 2009:

• 'Ballooning' Spiders Grounded By Infection

Posted July 6, 2009:

• Once-a-Month Pill For Both Fleas And Ticks In Dogs And Cats

Posted June 8, 2009:

• Lyme Disease Is Spreading In Canada, And Physicians Are Crucial In Helping Minimize Its Impact

Posted May 20, 2009:

• Feeding Behaviors In Monkeys And Humans Have Ancient, Shared Roots, Bolivian Rainforest Study Suggests

Posted May 6, 2009:

• 'Diving Beetle' Named After Comedy Central's Stephen Colbert

Posted April 27, 2009:

• The Season Of Ticks: Could Climate Change Worsen Lyme Disease?

Posted April 4, 2009:

• Protein From Tick Saliva Studied For Potential Myasthenia Gravis Treatment

Posted April 3, 2009:

• New Device Helps Control Disease-Causing Ticks

Posted March 26, 2009:

• Spiders, Frogs And Gecko Among Exciting Discoveries Found In Papua New Guinea
• New Species Of Spiders Discovered In Papua New Guinea
• Untangling The Genetic Web With The Help Of Tarantulas

Posted February 22, 2009:

• Gut Parasites That Can Infect Humans May Be Widespread In Domestic And Wild Animals

Posted February 10, 2009:

• Scientists Identify Potential Key To Lyme Disease

Posted February 9, 2009:

• Natural, Alternative Insect Repellent As Effective As DEET, Study Shows

Posted January 12, 2009:

• Microscopic Morphology Adds To Scorpion Family Tree

Posted January 1, 2009:

• How The Spider Spun Its Web: ‘Missing Link’ In Spider Evolution Discovered

Posted December 16, 2008:

• Over 1,000 Species Discovered In The Greater Mekong In Past Decade
• Toxic Brown Recluse Spiders Pose Danger As They Look To Move In For The Winter

Posted December 12, 2008:

• In The Animal World, Bigger Isn't Necessarily Better

Posted December 11, 2008:

• Vaccine And Drug Research Aimed At Ticks And Mosquitoes To Prevent Disease Transmission

Posted December 8, 2008:

• Prion Infectivity Found In White And Brown Fat Tissues Of Mice
• Spider Love: Little Guys Get Lots More

Posted November 29, 2008:

• Study Documents What May Be First Cases Of Certain Tick-Borne Disease In China

Posted November 11, 2008:

• Web-Spinning Spiders And 'Wannabe Butterflies' Head To Space Shuttle

Posted October 28, 2008:

• Snakes, Salamanders And Other Creatures Thrive In Areas With Higher Deer Populations

Posted September 11, 2008:

• Female Spiders Eat Small Males When They Mate

Posted September 7, 2008:

• Artificial Meadows And Robot Spiders Reveal Secret Life Of Bees

Posted August 10, 2008:

• Capturing Deer Safely With Minimal Trauma Using New Apparatus

Posted August 9, 2008:

• Spiders Who Eat Together, Stay Together And Form Enormous Colony Sizes

Posted June 30, 2008:

• Tick And Mosquito Repellent Can Be Made Commercially From Pine Oil
• Lyme Disease Bacterium Came From Europe Before Ice Age

Posted June 5, 2008:

• Spider Silk Can Be Stretchy Like Springs Or Like Rubber

Posted May 29, 2008:

• Mice Mothers Devote Energies To Offspring When Life Is Threatened

Posted May 28, 2008:

• Family Feuds: Why Close Relatives Keep Their Distance In The Animal Kingdom

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