By Bill Galluccio
Apr 26, 2021
A team of researchers made a shocking discovery about where ticks are living. The tiny parasites, which can carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, were thought to mostly live in wooded areas, but researchers were surprised when they found large numbers of them living near beaches in northern California.
"We went into new habitats and found them in numbers we didn't expect," the study's lead author
NBC News. "A few years ago, I would have said the ticks there wouldn't have been infected because there aren't any grey squirrels, which are the source for Lyme in California."