The ticks, one of which the scientists note is swollen over eight times its normal size due to a belly heavy with dinosaur blood, have been trapped in their amber prisons for far too long to yield ...

The tick was fat with blood before it died, having just feasted on a monkey. But searching fingers likely found the bug nestled in its host's fur during a grooming ritual. Primates bond by picking ...

“Ticks don’t take a winter vacation, and as long as temperatures stay above freezing, they remain active and looking for ...

Parasites similar to modern ticks have been found inside pieces of amber from Myanmar dating back 99 million years. One is entangled with a dinosaur feather, another is swollen with blood ...

Ticks can be active anytime the temperature is above freezing, and research shows that tick-borne diseases are on the rise in ...

Ticks can cause anaemia - a deficiency in red blood cells - by feeding on the blood of a host animal. The hospital said it had also recently treated a joey koala which was found covered in more ...