7 July 2020
Mosquitoes carrying Zika virus are infectious when temperatures are 19°C or higher – climate change may increase the virus’s range into southern and eastern Europe and the northern US
3 June 2020
For some people, the symptoms of Lyme disease never go away after treatment. Now we have clues about why this happens, supporting the idea that "chronic Lyme" really does exist
11 November 2019
Lyme disease is the most common vector-borne disease in the world – that is, one transmitted by bloodsucking insects – with around 300,000 reported cases a year in the US alone.
23 March 2018
The CRISPR immune system from bacteria has been engineered into silkworms, allowing them to fight off a virus that plagues the silk industry
14 February 2018
If a Matabele ant loses a limb in a battle with termites, its nestmates will tend its injuries - a behaviour never before seen in any non-human animal
