ZSI researchers identify 23 blood-sucking fly species in Andaman and Nicobar Islands, including bluetongue virus carriers, ...

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Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick- also called a deer tick - is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick—also called a deer tick—is a risk during spring, summer, ...

Actor Hugh Grant has admitted that he 'can't stop barbecuing' after purchasing outdoor cooking equipment and Le Creuset ...

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An ecologist shares his passion for parasites. From their vital roles in nature, to strange super powers and extraordinarily complex life cycles, parasites are natural wonders worthy of protection.

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The 39th U.S. president aimed to quash the debilitating water-based infection before he died. Through the Carter Center's ...

Pharmaceuticals and vector-control programmes have greatly diminished the once-widespread disease, but sustained effort will ...