Spider and Tick News

Posted May 27, 2008:

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

Posted May 16, 2008:

• Ponderosa Pine Forests Need Thinning Or Controlled Burns To Keep Old-Growth Characteristics

Posted May 8, 2008:

• Biologists Names New Spider After Neil Young

Posted May 1, 2008:

• Female Jumping Spiders Find Ultraviolet B Rays 'Sexy'

Posted April 17, 2008:

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

Posted April 1, 2008:

• Lingering Bacteria Don't Indicate Chronic Lyme Disease

Posted March 25, 2008:

• Living Upside-Down Shapes Spiders For Energy Saving

Posted March 20, 2008:

• Unlocking The Psychology Of Snake And Spider Phobias

Posted March 19, 2008:

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

Posted February 21, 2008:

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

Posted February 17, 2008:

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

Posted February 14, 2008:

• New Paradigm On Ecosystem Ecology Proposed
• Spider Silk: Protein's Strength Lies In H-Bond Cooperation

Posted February 13, 2008:

• Bacterial Toxin Closes Gate On Immune Response, Researchers Discover

Posted February 7, 2008:

• Madagascar's Tortoises Are Crawling Toward Extinction, Groups Say

Posted February 5, 2008:

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

Posted February 4, 2008:

• Plant Reflections May Be Key To Early Detection Of Plant Diseases And Treatment Needs

Posted December 6, 2007:

• New, Rare And Threatened Species Discovered In Ghana

Posted November 29, 2007:

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

Posted November 26, 2007:

• Bees Are The New Silkworms

Posted November 21, 2007:

• Unraveling the Silky Spider Web

Posted October 29, 2007:

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

Posted October 24, 2007:

• Endangered Wandering Albatross Catches Prey Differently Than Previously Thought

Posted October 17, 2007:

• New 150 Million-Year-Old Crab Species Discovered

Posted October 6, 2007:

• Ticks Don't Come Out In The Wash

Posted September 20, 2007:

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

Posted September 12, 2007:

• Enormous Spider Web Found In Texas

Posted August 24, 2007:

• Super Spiders Make Bolder Birds

Posted August 21, 2007:

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

Posted August 17, 2007:

• Global Warming Threatens Moose, Wolves

Posted July 16, 2007:

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

Posted July 12, 2007:

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

Posted July 3, 2007:

• Tick-Related Disease Thrives On Cholesterol, Study Suggests

Posted June 28, 2007:

• Lyme Disease Cases More Than Double Since 1991

Posted June 13, 2007:

• Biologists Unravel The Genetic Secrets Of Black Widow Spider Silk

Posted May 30, 2007:

• Mule Deer Moms Rescue Other Fawns

Posted May 10, 2007:

• Venomous Brown Widow Spiders Making Themselves Known In Louisiana
• Old-Time Mosquito Remedy May Work Against Ticks, Too

Posted May 2, 2007:

• Treating Ticks With Antibiotics Inhibits Their Reproduction

Posted April 27, 2007:

• Female Ticks Have Market On Gluttony

Posted April 9, 2007:

• Lyme Disease Vaccine Proteins Patented

Posted April 5, 2007:

• Fascinating Spider Silk

Posted April 3, 2007:

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

Posted March 12, 2007:

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

Posted March 10, 2007:

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

Posted March 5, 2007:

• Spiders: Chastity Belts Protect Paternity

Posted January 19, 2007:

• Spider Silk Inspires Strong And Stretchy Nanocomposite Fibers

Posted December 30, 2006:

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

Posted November 8, 2006:

• Tarantula Venom And Chili Peppers Target Same Pain Sensor

Posted November 6, 2006:

• Animal Testing Alternative Has Ticks Trembling At The Knees

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