Spider and Tick News

Posted June 21, 2011:

• Lyme Disease Tick Adapts to Life on the (Fragmented) Prairie

Posted June 16, 2011:

• Lyme Disease Bacteria Take Cover in Lymph Nodes

Posted June 9, 2011:

• How Spiders Breathe Under Water: Spider's Diving Bell Performs Like Gill Extracting Oxygen from Water

Posted May 31, 2011:

• Scientists Crack the Spiders' Web Code

Posted May 20, 2011:

• Spiders Suffer from Human Impact

Posted May 18, 2011:

• Imaging Technology Reveals Intricate Details of 49-Million-Year-Old Spider

Posted May 16, 2011:

• Tarantulas Shoot Silk from Their Feet

Posted May 12, 2011:

• Deer Tick Bacteria DNA in Joint Fluid Not Reliable Marker of Active Lyme Arthritis, Study Finds

Posted April 30, 2011:

• Spiders in Space: Researchers Observe Arachnid Habits in a Microgravity Environment

Posted April 21, 2011:

• Brown Recluse Spider: Range Could Expand in N. America With Changing Climate
• Jurassic Spider from China Is Largest Fossil Specimen Discovered

Posted April 1, 2011:

• When Food Is Scarce, Hungry Female Spiders Alter Mating Preferences

Posted March 30, 2011:

• Prevention Is Better Than Cure for Zoonotic Diseases

Posted March 29, 2011:

• Spiders Target Mate-Luring Signals from 'Vibrating' Insects

Posted March 22, 2011:

• Newly Discovered Virus Implicated in Deadly Chinese Outbreaks

Posted March 9, 2011:

• Newly Identified Spider Toxin May Help Uncover Novel Ways of Treating Pain and Human Diseases

Posted March 2, 2011:

• Ecological Adaptation Likely to Influence Impacts of Climate Change

Posted March 1, 2011:

• Scientists Unravel the Mysterious Mechanics of Spider Silk

Posted February 15, 2011:

• Tick Population Plummets in Absence of Lizard Hosts

Posted February 14, 2011:

• Living Fast but Dying Older Is Possible -- If You're a Sheep

Posted January 24, 2011:

• People Aren't Born Afraid of Spiders and Snakes: Fear Is Quickly Learned During Infancy
• Spiders Adjust Courtship Signals for Maximum Effect

Posted December 16, 2010:

• More Than 100 New Species Described by California Academy of Sciences in 2010

Posted December 2, 2010:

• Biologist Tracks Spiders' Eyes to Learn How Tiny Brains Process Information

Posted November 2, 2010:

• Getting Rid of Cattle Fever Ticks

Posted October 29, 2010:

• Dracula Orchids and Goblin Spiders

Posted October 11, 2010:

• Invasive Honeysuckle Increase Risk of Tick-Borne Disease in Suburbs

Posted September 30, 2010:

• Need to Undertake Epidemiological Monitoring Programs for Ticks Confirmed

Posted September 29, 2010:

• Scientists Genetically Engineer Silkworms to Produce Artificial Spider Silk

Posted August 2, 2010:

• Why Are Male Spiders Small While Females Are Giant?

Posted July 27, 2010:

• Native-Like Spider Silk Produced in Metabolically Engineered Bacteria

Posted July 22, 2010:

• Invaluable Inteins

Posted July 20, 2010:

• Need for Protection Against Ticks That Carry Lyme Disease Confirmed by New Research

Posted June 7, 2010:

• Desperate Female Spiders Fight by Different Rules
• Tick Bacteria Evade the Immune System by Variation in Surface Proteins

Posted May 14, 2010:

• How Spiders Create Silk Threads: Lowering pH Regulates Spider’s Silk Production, Researchers Find

Posted May 12, 2010:

• Spiders at the Nanoscale: Molecules That Behave Like Robots
• Investigating How Spiders Spin Their Silk, Researchers Unravel a Key Step

Posted May 3, 2010:

• Birth Defect Risk from Insect Bites Received by Mother During Pregnancy

Posted April 5, 2010:

• New Insects, Bacteria Uncovered in Dinosaur-Era Amber Deposit
• Eating Like a Bird Helps Forests Grow

Posted March 14, 2010:

• Silk Structure Analysis Explains Paradox of Super-Strength; Could Lead to Even Stronger Synthetic Materials

Posted February 26, 2010:

• Brown Recluse Spider Is Sometimes to Blame When Anemia Strikes

Posted February 25, 2010:

• Emerging Tick-Borne Disease

Posted February 17, 2010:

• Crickets 'Forewarn' Unborn Babies About Spiders

Posted February 16, 2010:

• Where Did Insects Come From? New Study Establishes Relationships Among All Arthropods

Posted February 10, 2010:

• Cone Snails and Spiders Help Neurobiologists Investigate Ion Channels

Posted January 11, 2010:

• New Spider Species Is Largest of Its Type in Middle East

Posted December 14, 2009:

• Nearly 100 New Species Described by California Academy of Sciences in 2009

Posted December 3, 2009:

• Biodiversity Loss Can Increase Infectious Diseases in Humans

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