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Swarms of Asian longhorned ticks are suspected of overwhelming cattle at a Tennessee farm.
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Many of the marked roadside conservation areas are near highway ramps, medians, and shoulders.
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The deadly H5 form of bird flu that has cut a swath across North America and elsewhere for the past five years has finally been detected in Australia. So what’s stopping this virus turning into the ...