Issue 6: The unexpected role earthworms play in the spread of ticks
A forest ecologist weighs in on worms, ticks, and rodents
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How things change. When Sandy Smith first studied ticks 40 years ago, it was just after she’d finished her training as an entomologist at the University of Guelph. Back then little research was being done on ticks since they were transmitting few diseases to livestock or humans and therefore seen as more of a n…