Black-legged ticks are the primary spreaders of Lyme disease in humans. But in Michigan and other U.S. states, it’s whitetail deer — and not people — that serve as the ticks’ primary hosts. Which is ...

Elic Weitzel received funding from the National Science Foundation (award #2128707) to support this research. Given their abundance in American backyards, gardens and highway corridors these days, it ...

Given their abundance in American backyards, gardens and highway corridors these days, it may be surprising to learn that white-tailed deer were nearly extinct about a century ago. While they ...