Deer ticks, scientifically known as Ixodes scapularis, are small arachnids found primarily in woodland and grassy areas. They're notorious for their role as vectors for several diseases that ...

The eggs incubate and hatch into larvae in late summer. Larvae attach to small rodents to feed. An engorged deer tick larva ...

A new study finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks and 25% of the younger ticks in the Northeast US carry the bacteria ...

Deer ticks tend to prefer a specific elevation that ... enough,” Bradford said gesturing to her white flag covered in small black ticks. “Ticks are in California and they are here year-round ...

See wood tick advice. Tiny deer ticks need to be scraped off. You can remove them with the edge of a credit card. If the wood tick's head (mouth parts) breaks off in the skin, remove any large pieces.