For 100 million years, amber freezes a tableau of tick's worst day ever

(University of Kansas) This is the first time this kind of interaction between ticks and spiders has been documented in the fossil record. Even though ticks aren't a typical staple of spider diets, spiders can occasionally prey on ticks in modern ecosystems.

Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - June 13, 2018 Category: Biology Source Type: news