In a residential backyard in Maine, Project ITCH researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst stumbled upon a ...

The wood tick (dog tick) is the size of an apple seed. After feeding, it can double or triple in size. Sometimes, it can pass on Rocky Mountain spotted fever or Colorado tick fever. The deer tick is ...

In fact, adult black-legged ticks stand up to winter weather just fine, and deer tick season never really ends, said Jody L.

As temperatures warm in southeast Wisconsin, Racine-area residents will want to take steps to protect themselves from tick ...

Maryland is home to multiple types of ticks, which can spread disease. Here's what to look out for and how to avoid ...

Have you been recreating in the outdoors recently? I don’t mean in the backyard or on the patio, but out in the fields, ...

Expect a usual amount of ticks and mosquitos this summer. In Wisconsin, that's a lot. Here are 5 strategies to keep them and ...

With temperatures warming up and more people heading outdoors, residents are once again reminded to keep an eye out for ticks ...

They are the most common ticks in Wyoming. These ticks don’t carry Lyme disease, but they may transmit Colorado tick fever or Rocky Mountain spotted fever to human hosts. They prey on deer, badgers, ...

While the knowledge of ticks being vectors for Lyme disease is ubiquitous, there’s a lesser-known threat these insects carry that's concerning health experts: the Powassan virus. As the tick season ...