New Yorkers Brace for Self-cloning Asian Longhorned Tick
Thursday, March 28, 2019 - 10:12
in Biology & Nature
Staten Island residents have another reason to apply insect repellent and obsessively check for ticks this spring and summer: the population of a new, potentially dangerous invasive pest known as the Asian longhorned tick has grown dramatically across the borough, according to Columbia University researchers. And the tick—which unlike other local species can clone itself in large […]