Many white-tailed deer have malaria: Researchers discover first-ever native malaria in the Americas
Friday, February 5, 2016 - 20:11
in Biology & Nature
Two years ago, Ellen Martinsen, was collecting mosquitoes at the Smithsonian's National Zoo, looking for malaria that might infect birds—when she discovered something strange: a DNA profile, from parasites in the mosquitoes, that she couldn't identify.