• White-Tailed Deer Blood Kills Bacteria That Causes Lyme Disease

• Brown Widow Spiders' Aggression Likely Driver of Black Widow Decline

• Noble False Widow Spider Found Preying on Pygmy Shrew

• Using Spiders as Environmentally-Friendly Pest Control

• More Effective Protected Areas Needed to Halt Biodiversity Loss

• Black-Legged Tick Genome Deciphered

• Discovery of Cross-Species Signaling Pathway Unlocks Mysteries Around Parasite Immunity and Development

• New Virus Discovered in Swiss Ticks

• Male Orb-Weaving Spiders Fight Less in Female-Dominated Colonies

• 1,700-Year-Old Spider Monkey Remains Discovered in Teotihuacán, Mexico
• Mapping Lyme Disease out West

• Tick-Borne Pathogens Increasingly Widespread in Central Canada

• Ticked Off: New Device May Offer a Better Way to Prevent Tick Bites
• How Female False Widow Spiders Use Their 'spidey Senses' To Attract Mates

• Prescribed Fire Could Reduce Tick Populations and Pathogen Transmission

• Social Spiders Have Different Ways of Hunting in Groups

• Re-Spun Silkworm Silk Is 70% Stronger Than Spider Silk

• Study Demonstrates That Ticks Weaken Skin's Immune Response

• Longhorned Tick Discovered in Northern Missouri

• Hey Suburbanites, Meet the Neighbors. . .tick-Carrying White-Tailed Deer

• Landscape and Climate Factors Can Predict Prevalence of Lyme Disease Bacteria

• Scientists Develop Gel Made from Spider Silk Proteins for Biomedical Applications

• Researchers Create Biosensor by Turning Spider Silk Into Optical Fiber

• Lab Manipulates Dead Spiders' Legs With a Puff of Air to Serve as Grabbers

• Genetic and Molecular Insights Into Dangerous Tick Bite-Related Meat Allergy Revealed

• New CDC Study Details County-Level Distribution of Seven Diseases Spread by Blacklegged Ticks

• Bacteria Can Live in Snake and Spider Venoms

• Spider Can Hide Underwater for 30 Minutes

• These Male Spiders Catapult at Impressive Speeds to Flee Their Mates Before They Get Eaten

• Glowing Spider Fossils Prompt Breakthrough Study of How They Were Preserved at Aix-En-Provence

• Monkeys Routinely Consume Fruit Containing Alcohol, Shedding Light on Our Own Taste for Booze

• Spiders Use Webs to Extend Their Hearing

• Heartland Virus Identified in Lone Star Ticks in Georgia

• Spider Silk Can Stabilize Cancer-Suppressing Protein

• Joro Spiders Likely to Spread Beyond Georgia, US

• Noble False Widow Spider Captures Bats in the Attic

• Feeling Connected to Nature Linked to Lower Risk of Snake and Spider Phobias

• New Medicines for Treating Heart Patients

• Gene Editing Now Possible in Ticks

• Scientists Discover Tarantula-Killing Worms

• Meet a Colorful but Colorblind Spider

• New Guidelines May Help Reduce Tick-Borne Illness

• Neurotoxin from a Black Widow Spider Examined
• Male Spiders Are Attracted by a Female Like Planets Orbiting a Star

• Scientists Identify Animal Model for Two Emerging Tick-Borne Hemorrhagic Viruses

• Researchers Discover a Unique Bacterial Property, Potential Target for Treating and Diagnosing Lyme Disease

• Novel Lyme Vaccine Shows Promise

• Synthetic Biology Yields Easy-to-Use Underwater Adhesives

• Impaired Wild Mice Survive and Thrive as Well as Unimpaired Counterparts

• Spiders' Web Secrets Unraveled

• Stronger Than Spider Silk: Bagworm Silk Enables Strong Conducting Fibers

• Possible Alternative Treatment for Lyme Disease

• Cracking the Case of How One of the Earliest Predators Hunted

• Spider Silk’s Supposed 'healing Properties' Might Have No Basis in Science

• Emerging Infectious Disease Caused by a New Nairovirus Identified in Japan

• Augmented Reality Helps Tackle Fear of Spiders

• Study Reveals Gophers’ Biofluorescence

• Caught in a Web: Study Reveals That Immune Cells Cooperate to Trap and Kill Bacteria

• Human Lyme Borreliosis and Puumala Hantavirus Infection Incidence Follow Rodent Abundance Variations in Northern Europe
• Lyme Disease Heightens Risk of Mental Disorders, Suicidality

• Microbially Produced Fibers: Stronger Than Steel, Tougher Than Kevlar

• Repairing Hearts With Deadly Spider Venom: Study

• How Spiders Distinguish Living from Non-Living Using Motion-Based Visual Cues

• Dolichomitus Meii Wasp Discovered in Amazonia Is Like a Flying Jewel

• Researchers Discover Unique 'spider Web' Mechanism That Traps, Kills Viruses

• Unusual Prey: Spiders Eating Snakes

• Seeking a Treatment for IBS Pain in Tarantula Venom

• 'Vegan Spider Silk' Provides Sustainable Alternative to Single-Use Plastics

• Spiders Can Sniff out and Avoid Killer Ants

• New Study Confirms Noble False Widow Spiders Bites Can Result in Hospitalization

• Ticking Upward: Researcher Studies Rise of Tick-Borne Diseases in Midwest

• Health Status of Vulnerable Gopher Tortoises Revealed in Southeastern Florida

• Tarantula's Ubiquity Traced Back to the Cretaceous

• Making Music from Spider Webs

• Brain Disease Transmitted by Tick Bites May Be Treatable

• New Study Predicts Changing Lyme Disease Habitat Across the West Coast

• Researchers Use Silkworm Silk to Model Muscle Tissue
• Two Species and a Single Name: 'Double Identity' Revealed in a Venomous Banana Spider

• TBE Patients' Lasting Problems

• Size Matters: How the Size of a Male's Weapons Affects Its Anti-Predator Tactics

• New Study Identifies Bird Species That Could Spread Ticks and Lyme Disease

• Model Predicts Where Ticks, Lyme Disease Will Appear Next in Midwest States

• A Gene from Ancient Bacteria Helps Ticks Spread Lyme Disease

• Spiders in Space: Without Gravity, Light Becomes Key to Orientation

• Researchers Developed a Sequence Analysis Pipeline for Virus Discovery

• False Widow Spiders Bite Can Transmit Harmful Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria

• How Does the Spider Spin Its Self-Assembled Silk?

• Scientists Identify Protein That Protects Against Lyme

• Researchers Identify New Rickettsia Bacteria Species in Dogs

• New Synthetic DNA Vaccine Against Powassan Virus

• Buzz Kill: Ogre-Faced Spiders 'hear' Airborne Prey With Their Legs

• Innovation Spins Spider Web Architecture Into 3D Imaging Technology

• Tapping Secrets of Aussie Spider's Unique Silk

• Scientists Discover Why Tarantulas Come in Vivid Blues and Greens

• Toxic Masculinity: Why Male Funnel Web Spiders Are So Dangerous
• Giant Spider Provides Promise of Pain Relief for Irritable Bowel Syndrome

• A New Species of Spider

• Coming Up for Air: Extinct Sea Scorpions Could Breathe out of Water, Fossil Detective Unveils

• Bat Tick Found for the First Time in New Jersey

• Neglected for Over a Century, Black Sea Spider Crab Re-Described