A chance encounter with the rural community of Worpswede in Lower Saxony (between Bremen and Hamburg), has drawn me into another of the many rabbit holes that consume too much time. What I really mean, of course, is how happy I am to jump into those holes again and again. ...
Most of the ticks collected in urban areas have been found near places where there is food waste, near bars, restaurants, playgrounds and trash cans. These places attract small rodents as well as stray dogs which are the hosts in the different stages of the ticks [30]. On the other hand...