Spider and Tick News

Posted November 27, 2009:

• Whiteflies Sabotage Alarm System of Plant in Distress

Posted November 19, 2009:

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

Posted November 16, 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 October 26, 2009:

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

Posted October 22, 2009:

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

Posted October 21, 2009:

• Spider Web Glue Spins Society Toward New Biobased Adhesives

Posted October 20, 2009:

• Scientists Discover Largest Orb-Weaving Spider
• Better Blood Screening Process Needed To Prevent Babesiosis Transmission

Posted October 12, 2009:

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

Posted September 16, 2009:

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

Posted August 30, 2009:

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

Posted August 4, 2009:

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

Posted July 23, 2009:

• Looking Different 'Helps Animals To Survive'

Posted June 30, 2009:

• Genetic Analysis Reveals Secrets Of Scorpion Venom

Posted June 29, 2009:

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

Posted June 18, 2009:

• 'Ballooning' Spiders Grounded By Infection

Posted June 8, 2009:

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

Posted May 19, 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 26, 2009:

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

Posted March 28, 2009:

• New Device Helps Control Disease-Causing Ticks

Posted March 26, 2009:

• Untangling The Genetic Web With The Help Of Tarantulas
• DNA Analysis Uncovers The Prehistory Of Norwegian Red Deer
• Protein From Tick Saliva Studied For Potential Myasthenia Gravis Treatment

Posted March 25, 2009:

• Spiders, Frogs And Gecko Among Exciting Discoveries Found In Papua New Guinea
• New Species Of Spiders Discovered In Papua New Guinea

Posted February 16, 2009:

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

Posted February 9, 2009:

• Scientists Identify Potential Key To Lyme Disease

Posted February 5, 2009:

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

Posted January 12, 2009:

• Microscopic Morphology Adds To Scorpion Family Tree

Posted December 31, 2008:

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

Posted December 15, 2008:

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

Posted December 11, 2008:

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

Posted December 8, 2008:

• Spider Love: Little Guys Get Lots More

Posted December 5, 2008:

• Prion Infectivity Found In White And Brown Fat Tissues Of Mice

Posted December 2, 2008:

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

Posted November 18, 2008:

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

Posted November 10, 2008:

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

Posted October 20, 2008:

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

Posted September 10, 2008:

• Female Spiders Eat Small Males When They Mate

Posted September 2, 2008:

• Artificial Meadows And Robot Spiders Reveal Secret Life Of Bees

Posted August 7, 2008:

• Capturing Deer Safely With Minimal Trauma Using New Apparatus

Posted August 6, 2008:

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

Posted June 29, 2008:

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

Posted May 31, 2008:

• Spider Silk Can Be Stretchy Like Springs Or Like Rubber

Posted May 28, 2008:

• Mice Mothers Devote Energies To Offspring When Life Is Threatened

Posted May 27, 2008:

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

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