Dog Ticks May Get More of a Taste for Human Blood as the Climate Changes
Jan 4 · 3 min read
Climate change could turn some dog ticks into suckers for humans instead of canines.
At temperatures around 38° Celsius (100° Fahrenheit), some brown dog ticks were more attracted to people than to dogs, experiments show. The ticks can carry the pathogen that causes deadly Rocky Mountain spotted fever. The finding suggests that a warmer…
