Listen, I always knew animals were way smarter than we all thought, but what put me over the edge was the day my best friend ...

Migrating birds can bring along some dangerous stowaways during their epic travels–ticks. These blood sucking arachnids can carry serious pathogens including Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis, and Powassan ...

Ticks travel light, but they carry pathogens with them. When they parasitize migrating birds, these journeys can take them thousands of miles away from their usual geographic range. Historically, they ...

Ticks could spread new diseases around the world by hitching a lift on migrating birds, warns new research. The parasitic ...

Ticks have always traveled on migrating birds — but the rising temperatures of the climate crisis mean they may now survive ...