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 ...

Ticks are harmful to people and pets, and often carry diseases like Rocky Mountain spotted fever (RMSF), ehrlichiosis and ...

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

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

There have been 14 distinct species of tick recorded in New York by Upstate Medical University’s tickMAP. Other recorded species include the Asian longhorn tick and Ixodes cookei. Research has ...

Mather said it's important for New Englanders to get familiar with lone star ticks and be able to identify both types of ticks. (People can submit pictures of ticks they spot to TickSpotter.) ...

“Also this spring, we will look to leverage the public’s help in submitting ticks for identification,” Cozart wrote in an email. “More information will be provided about this ...