ORONO – Ask anyone who frequents the forests of New England and they will likely speak of unwelcome companions — ticks.

These photos of 11 common bug bites and stings can help you identify what's responsible. Plus, symptoms and expert tips to ...

This endangered invertebrate is harmless to humans — and rabbits. Saving it from extinction might even benefit both species.

Here in the dry desert, among the saguaro cactuses and tumbleweeds, investigators found a different culprit: Rhipicephalus ...

four species of ticks, chewing lice, and mange mites. In general, the best flea and tick treatments for dogs are topical spot-on and oral preventatives, but the Seresto collar might be a good ...

1,2 We conducted an active surveillance of febrile patients with recent tick bites at a sentinel hospital in northeastern China to identify potential causative agents. All the participants ...

We are making additions to: Van der Laan, R., W. N. Eschmeyer & R. Fricke 2014 (11 Nov.), Family-group names of Recent fishes. Zootaxa Monograph 3882 (1), 1-230. DOI 10.11646/zootaxa.3882.1.1 Download ...

The DEP website says species of special concern are those that ... Environment:Why you should practice tick safety in New Jersey, even during the cold winter months In 2023, biologists from ...

A new human species, Homo juluensis, has been proposed based on fossils from eastern Asia, dating back 300,000 to 50,000 years ago, possibly including the Denisovans. This research uses a novel method ...

Ticks aren’t like bugs that bite you and then fly away. When a tick gets on your body, it sets up camp. It finds a place to eat, then burrows its head into your skin and starts feeding on your ...

This week, researchers at Western Connecticut State University confirmed the tick’s presence in Connecticut, making it the ninth state to find the species. Most of the affected states are in the ...

In fact, Drosophila melanogaster has been one of the most important species for science for more than a century. Were it not for these flies, some of the most significant scientific discoveries ...