Scientists found a group of ticks that survived in a laboratory for 27 years including eight without food.
Soft tick , a carrier of the Lyme disease, close-up view, 1953. Image courtesy Centers for Disease Control .
Scientists put six adult females and four adult males in a setting where researchers were absolutely baffled the bugs lasted as long as they did. Data collected over 19 years at Michigan’s Isle Royale National Park shows moose have more ticks during winters following particularly warm summers, according to a study published in the peer-reviewed journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution.
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