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The many scientists solving the puzzle of the tick.

Across labs, forests, farms, and field sites, scientists are connecting climate, ecosystems, pathogens, and public health.

Understanding ticks takes many disciplines.

Ecologists track vegetation, wildlife, and habitat change;
Climatologists map temperature, humidity, and shifting seasons;
Epidemiologists link tick activity to human and animal cases;
Microbiologists and geneticists study how pathogens survive inside ticks and hosts;
Field biologists collect ticks and measure their behaviour;
Modellers and statistitians use these data to predict how populations shift with warming climates or changing landscapes.

By comparing hosts, blood chemistry, and local environments, researchers explain why ticks thrive in some places and disappear in others.