Migrating birds have stowaways: Invasive ticks could spread novel diseases around the world, say scientists
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 ...
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Climate change could help ticks spread diseases via migrating birds
Ticks could spread new diseases around the world by hitching a lift on migrating birds, warns new research. The parasitic ...
How hitchhiking ticks are bringing diseases to new places
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 ...
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Absentee ballot count ticks up in NHC, county leadership and state elections staff at odds
NEW HANOVER COUNTY — New Hanover County leadership is on the books for a meeting with state board of elections staff — though ...
Rates of blacklegged ticks with Lyme disease infection on the rise
Twenty-one blacklegged ticks were submitted to the Thunder Bay District Health Unit between the end of September and the end ...
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Dealer Selling '70 Oldsmobile 442 With 504 Miles on the Odo, Is It Worth the Asking Price?
This 1970 Oldsmobile 442 was fully restored in 2011 and has done only 504 miles ever since. The classic muscle car is now for ...
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Exclusive: Dons to plough thousands into city centre – with plans to ‘paint the town red’ for big games
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Vermont Fish & Wildlife releases 2024 moose hunting results
Vermont’s Fish and Wildlife Department announced the number of permits issued and moose harvested during the 2024 hunting ...
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North Sea taskforce launched to safeguard ‘tens of thousands of jobs’
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Despite temperature cooldown, tick activity is still on the rise, warn officials
Temperatures are beginning to cool in northwestern Ontario this fall, but officials say tick activity is still on the rise ...
Arctic animals are battling more diseases in recent decades. Here’s why.
Stories have surfaced of animals such as polar bears fighting off new diseases, and sometimes losing that fight.