The deer tick ( Ixodes scapularis), also known as the black-legged tick, is not an insect but an arachnid. As it feeds on a ...

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 project studying ticks collected from across the state found that just over half of the tested deer ticks had the bacteria ...

It’s been true every year for quite a few years as disease-carrying black-legged ticks have slowly moved into Michigan and ...

Entomologists are suggesting the main reason for the increasing prevalence of ticks in Ohio might not be the obvious one.

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAW) -- Scientists at Marshfield Clinic Research Institute are asking the public to continue to submit ticks for a research study called the Tick Inventory via Citizen Science, or ...

With the arrival of summer weather, most people are taking advantage of the great outdoor opportunities we have in upstate ...

More than half of deer ticks tested by Marshfield Clinic Research Institute from its citizen science tick study were found to ...

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Ticks are emerging earlier and staying active for longer. Experts in the central U.S. advise people to take precautions when ...

A recent study by the University of Illinois found that three species of ticks are common in Illinois, with the lone star ...

Ticks can be a problem in the Georgia outdoors, especially this time of year. How to prevent them? Which ticks carry Lyme ...