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

Two Emerging Infectious Diseases studies link bites from black-legged (deer) and western black-legged ticks to ... She found a non-engorged tick embedded in her left shoulder, which had likely been ...

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.

Of the thousands of ticks collected across Connecticut last year, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station says ...

The group of blood-sucking parasites called ticks can spread pathogens like Lyme Disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.

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 ...

State researchers released on Monday findings from their 2024 statewide tick surveillance program. The Center for Vector ...

State environmental officials say lone star ticks and long horned ticks were found in Fairfield, New London, Middlesex and New Haven counties in 2024.

Scientists consider these human biters the main AGS culprit, but these new cases shift the blame to deer and western black-legged ticks. This new evidence raises concerns about the spread of AGS ...

This suggests that other types of ticks, like the black-legged tick (also called deer tick) that transmits the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, and the western black-legged tick, may also cause ...