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The invasive tick Hyalomma marginatum relies on a dual partner nutritional system to provide B vitamins and avoid nutritional deficiencies due to its exclusive blood diet.

The genome of a tiny tomato pest reveals mechanisms that underlie metazoan genome reduction.

Tick-derived sequence variation in the fusion glycoprotein of Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus (CCHFV) drastically impairs infection of mammalian cells, suggesting that certain CCHFV strains undergo purifying selection in mammalian hosts.

Development of an enrichment method to facilitate RNA-sequencing of the Lyme disease pathogen from inside of ticks during a bloodmeal provides new candidates for genes important for disease transmission.

A new tick metabolic pathway that is connected to the survival of the Lyme disease spirochete was identified, which may lead to new ways to interfere with the spirochete life cycle.

The lack of haem biosynthetic and degradative pathways in ticks offers new strategies to combat these parasites.