Greater monitoring of the risk of diseases spread by insects is needed in environments where animals and people coexist, say researchers after studying the effect of livestock on spiders in the ...

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He said the findings are notable considering the environment sea turtles live in. "Animals on land, amphibians, for example, or birds, have access to lots of other information,” Lohmann said.