Ticks are here to stay. But scientists are finding ways to outsmart them
Here are the latest bulletins from the tick wars
A CUNNING ADVERSARY You’d be wrong to call this black-legged tick an insect. Ticks have eight legs, like spiders and scorpions, not an insect’s six. Only a few of the world’s 900 or so tick species carry diseases, but those illnesses can be nasty.
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