Whether you’re camping for the weekend, hiking local trails or barbecuing in your backyard, there’s one unwanted visitor you always need to watch out for: ticks. The tiny pests are easy to miss, and ...

Four nonnative tick species have been identified in the state in recent years. The ticks “were identified on human travelers returning to Connecticut from 2019 to 2023,” according to the Connecticut ...

A close-up shot of a tick moving across someone's pants - Rbkomar/Getty Images While we often think of ticks as creatures lurking in the wild, their eggs can make themselves at home in the most ...

URI Professor Thomas Mather said that tick spotting have increased in the last two weeks. In New England, you should watch out for black legged ticks, which can cause Lyme's disease, and lone star ...

A tick bite occurs when a tick pierces the skin and attaches itself to a warm-blooded host. Once attached, a tick may feed on its host’s blood for several days. Most tick bites are harmless and do not ...

BISMARCK — The North Dakota Department of Health (NDDoH) is asking people to watch for lone star ticks and submit pictures and information by email at [email protected]. During routine tick surveillance ...

An invasive tick species in Connecticut has been found to carry the bacteria that can cause ehrlichiosis in humans, a discovery that has alarmed state medical entemologists as the tick continues to ...

Ticks are active in Fairfax County almost year round, including warm winter days. Lyme disease is still the best known and most common disease spread by ticks in Virginia, but there are others such as ...

A new survey reveals that farmers in the U.S. Northeast face rising tick exposure and increasing risks from tick-borne ...

While we often think of ticks as creatures lurking in the wild, their eggs can make themselves at home in the most unsuspecting places. Inside your house, these tiny clusters can hide under carpets ...