Tick bites resemble mosquito bites ... Then, they will wait until an animal is in the area. Ticks find hosts by "detecting animals' breath and body odors, or by sensing body heat, moisture ...

With spring weather comes spring bugs, like fleas and ticks. Get them out of your way with one of these top tick removal kits ...

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

PORTLAND (WGME) -- Tick experts are warning Mainers to prepare for an increase in tick populations this spring, following a winter that was not consistently cold enough to reduce their numbers.

While most use winter as a chance for hibernation, around eight dozen people swarmed to the Brown County Music Center for the “Understanding Tick-borne Illness” conference Feb. 19 hosted by the Brown ...

Unfortunately, some of those birds will bring along tiny stowaways in the form of invasive ticks, according to a November joint study. The ticks that latch on to migrating birds can travel thousands ...

Some animals repeatedly exposed to tick bites are eventually able to develop resistance to tick feeding, where the ticks either detach soon after biting or cause skin redness that alerts the host to ...

Hundreds of bites from Amblyomma sculptum larvae cover a man's side and back. The ticks are known to carry Rocky Mountain spotted fever.

If you think ticks are frightening, understanding the possible ramifications that can occur once a tick bites or embeds in the skin will heighten your awareness. Huynh warned of the diseases that are ...