Samuel Gilvarg (IMAGE) DOE/Brookhaven National Laboratory Caption Samuel Gilvarg, a graduate student from the State University of New York's College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY ESF), holds up an ethanol vial containing a tick specimen. He and a group of SUNY ESF interns have been collecting ticks at Brookhaven National Laboratory to look for a connection between wildland fire history and relative tick abundance Credit (Kevin Coughlin/Brookhaven National Laboratory) Usage Restrictions For use with this article and related content. License Original content Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases posted to EurekAlert! by contributing institutions or for the use of any information through the EurekAlert system.