The primary tick species to be wary of in New England is the black-legged tick, also called the deer tick or the bear tick.

Getting a tick bite doesn't automatically spell medical emergency, but it is important to know what to do next.

Because immature ticks are only slightly larger than the period at the end of this sentence, their bites and attached bodies ...

Up to forty different kinds of ticks can be found in Canada, and with a growing need for tick identification, a new project was been born. It's called eTick — a research project funded by the public ...

There is concern at CAES with invasive species such as Asian longhorned ticks, which were noticed in Connecticut in 2018.

Deer ticks exist in wooded areas and carry bacteria that can cause infection. A bite often appears as a bullseye shape on the skin and it should be treated immediately. If you spot a tick on your ...

What do tick bites look like and what other symptoms may develop? Tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease and Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), for example, cause a distinct circular rash and flu ...

BILLINGS — A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme ...

Much of the Western Upper Peninsula (U.P.) of Michigan has been identified by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services as a confirmed area with blacklegged ticks present with Lyme bacteria ...

In the fall of 2023, a tick was found on a bird dog after a hunting trip near Richey in Dawson County, eastern Montana. While ...

MAINE – University of Maine Cooperative Extension is seeking adult volunteers in Cumberland, Androscoggin, Sagadahoc and York counties to become 4-H Tick Project Mentors. Mentors will guide youth ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — Researchers at Washington University identified the first invasive longhorned tick ever found in suburban St. Louis County, the university said on Thursday. The sesame ...