Spider and Tick News

Posted May 8, 2008:

• Biologists Names New Spider After Neil Young

Posted May 6, 2008:

• Female Jumping Spiders Find Ultraviolet B Rays 'Sexy'

Posted April 20, 2008:

• Mercury In River Moves Into Terrestrial Food Chain Through Spiders Fed To Baby Birds

Posted April 3, 2008:

• Lingering Bacteria Don't Indicate Chronic Lyme Disease

Posted March 26, 2008:

• Living Upside-down Shapes Spiders For Energy Saving

Posted March 24, 2008:

• Unlocking The Psychology Of Snake And Spider Phobias

Posted March 20, 2008:

• Lyme Disease Can Be Prevented With New Shot, Study Suggests

Posted February 25, 2008:

• Bacteria Can Be Made To Spin Spider Silk Through Understanding Of Big Molecules

Posted February 21, 2008:

• Protein In Deer Tick Saliva Prevents HIV-1 From Attaching To T Cells

Posted February 19, 2008:

• Bacterial Toxin Closes Gate On Immune Response, Researchers Discover
• New Paradigm On Ecosystem Ecology Proposed

Posted February 18, 2008:

• Spider Silk: Protein's Strength Lies In H-bond Cooperation

Posted February 11, 2008:

• Madagascar's Tortoises Are Crawling Toward Extinction, Groups Say
• Plant Reflections May Be Key To Early Detection Of Plant Diseases And Treatment Needs

Posted February 8, 2008:

• Did Birds Originate When Dinosaurs Went Extinct, Or Have They Been Around Far Longer?

Posted December 15, 2007:

• New, Rare And Threatened Species Discovered In Ghana

Posted December 6, 2007:

• Chipmunks And Shrews, Not Just Mice, Harbor Lyme Disease

Posted November 27, 2007:

• Bees Are The New Silkworms

Posted November 25, 2007:

• Unraveling the Silky Spider Web

Posted October 30, 2007:

• Fossilized Spider, 50 Million Years Old, Clear As Life

Posted October 19, 2007:

• New 150 Million-year-old Crab Species Discovered

Posted October 11, 2007:

• Ticks Don't Come Out In The Wash

Posted September 21, 2007:

• The Best Both Of Worlds: How To Have Sex And Survive

Posted September 13, 2007:

• Enormous Spider Web Found In Texas

Posted August 29, 2007:

• Super Spiders Make Bolder Birds

Posted August 24, 2007:

• Crested Auklet Birds Rub Tick-repelling Perfume On Their Mates During Courtship

Posted August 22, 2007:

• Global Warming Threatens Moose, Wolves

Posted July 17, 2007:

• Defense Mechanism Found In Infected Ticks May Protect Against Harmful Parasite

Posted July 16, 2007:

• Bernese Mountain Dogs Prone To Infection By Lyme Disease-related Bacteria

Posted July 9, 2007:

• Tick-related Disease Thrives On Cholesterol, Study Suggests

Posted June 28, 2007:

• Lyme Disease Cases More Than Double Since 1991

Posted June 14, 2007:

• Biologists Unravel The Genetic Secrets Of Black Widow Spider Silk

Posted May 31, 2007:

• Mule Deer Moms Rescue Other Fawns

Posted May 13, 2007:

• Venomous Brown Widow Spiders Making Themselves Known In Louisiana

Posted May 10, 2007:

• Old-Time Mosquito Remedy May Work Against Ticks, Too

Posted May 8, 2007:

• Treating Ticks With Antibiotics Inhibits Their Reproduction

Posted April 29, 2007:

• Female Ticks Have Market On Gluttony

Posted April 10, 2007:

• Lyme Disease Vaccine Proteins Patented

Posted April 6, 2007:

• Fascinating Spider Silk

Posted April 4, 2007:

• Why Are There So Many More Species Of Insects? Because Insects Have Been Here Longer

Posted March 13, 2007:

• A Rarity Among Arachnids, Whip Spiders Have A Sociable Family Life

Posted March 12, 2007:

• Wolves, Moose Struggling On Isle Royale National Park, USA

Posted March 5, 2007:

• Spiders: Chastity Belts Protect Paternity

Posted January 22, 2007:

• Spider Silk Inspires Strong And Stretchy Nanocomposite Fibers

Posted December 31, 2006:

• What Crawls Beneath: Ground Spider Diversity Linked To Healthy Habitats

Posted November 9, 2006:

• Tarantula Venom And Chili Peppers Target Same Pain Sensor

Posted November 6, 2006:

• Animal Testing Alternative Has Ticks Trembling At The Knees

Posted November 1, 2006:

• Engineers Probe Spiders' Polymer Art: Manufactured Silk Could Be Used For Artificial Tendons, Parachutes, More

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