Tick activity is expected to pick up quickly as the weather continues to warm this spring. With the weather getting warmer, ticks are remerging the season but there are some ways to prevent you or ...

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

A tick removed from a hunting dog in Dawson County was confirmed to be the blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis, also called ...

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.

A new study by Fikrig and other researchers, published Wednesday in Science Translational Medicine, uses a powerful ...

Two Emerging Infectious Diseases studies link bites from black-legged (deer) and western black-legged ticks to potentially ...

Tick bites can fly under the radar, but there are signs to look for and steps to take to remove the parasitic arachnids, and ...

If you still see a tiny black dot in your skin, the tick's head may still be embedded. Use the sanitized tweezers to try and remove any tick remnants left. If you aren't sure whether the whole tick is ...

Ticks have always been stowaways, but that wasn't a problem until the climate started warming. Spring is a busy time for birds. Longer days trigger their physiological adaptation to prepare for ...

We’ve all got busy schedules, so when it comes to maximizing our shed-hunting efforts, it’s natural to ask, When do deer shed their antlers? And, ideally, we'd like as precise an answer as ...