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Tick
Ticks are part of the arachnid family, which also includes mites, spiders, and scorpions. A tick attaches itself to the skin of a person or animal and sucks blood. The two types of ticks that many people talk about are the deer tick and the dog tick.
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APR 23, 2015Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t ...Written By: Robert WoodardAPR 22, 2015Earth & The Environment
In America, Gray squirrels are often thought of as "cute", but in Europe they are not looked on nearly as favorably. Eur ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopAPR 16, 2015Immunology
About 15% of patients with Lyme disease develop peripheral and central nervous system involvement, often accompanied by ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeAPR 07, 2015Immunology
Modern humans have been blamed for killing off the Neanderthals by out competing them, breeding with them and even outri ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 18, 2015Earth & The Environment
Lake Kivu, on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is being transformed from a ticking ti ...Written By: Andrew J. DunlopFEB 23, 2015Immunology
Scientists have described a previously unknown insect-borne virus, following the death of a man in the Kansas county of ...Written By: Greg CruikshankSEP 12, 2014Cardiology
A person who has diabetes and is feeling quite well, not outwardly showing any evidence of heart disease, may secretly b ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeJUN 03, 2014Genetics & Genomics
Throughout history it has been very common for previously separated gene pools to mix, especially during migrations and ...Written By: Peter Micheli
APR 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
Black-legged deer ticks are rapidly growing in number, expanding their range, and carrying pathogens into places where t
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 22, 2015
Earth & The Environment
In America, Gray squirrels are often thought of as "cute", but in Europe they are not looked on nearly as favorably. Eur
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
APR 16, 2015
Immunology
About 15% of patients with Lyme disease develop peripheral and central nervous system involvement, often accompanied by
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 07, 2015
Immunology
Modern humans have been blamed for killing off the Neanderthals by out competing them, breeding with them and even outri
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 18, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Lake Kivu, on the border between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is being transformed from a ticking ti
...
Written By:
Andrew J. Dunlop
FEB 23, 2015
Immunology
Scientists have described a previously unknown insect-borne virus, following the death of a man in the Kansas county of
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
SEP 12, 2014
Cardiology
A person who has diabetes and is feeling quite well, not outwardly showing any evidence of heart disease, may secretly b
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
JUN 03, 2014
Genetics & Genomics
Throughout history it has been very common for previously separated gene pools to mix, especially during migrations and
...
Written By:
Peter Micheli