Climate change is making tick-borne illnesses more common, which makes tick prevention strategies even more critical.

(FOX 2) - If you're planning to spend Fourth of July outside, be on the lookout for unwanted holiday guests - ticks.

A silent invader, barely visible to the naked eye, is rapidly multiplying across the American landscape, raising urgent ...

Ticks can attach to any part of the human body but are often found in hard-to-see areas such as the groin, armpits and scalp, ...

But contained in every bite of this infuriating, insatiable pest is also a trove of social, environmental and epidemiological history. In many cases, human actions long ago are the reason ticks carry ...

Summer has arrived! Schools are out for summer vacation, and all the great summer activities have begun! The month of May was ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The risk of being bitten by a tick in New York City is currently extremely high, researchers at Fordham ...

"Numbers overall around the country are down, but there are still mosquitos out there," said entomologist Taz Stuart.

Almost every sample here is infected with some kind of tick-borne pathogen – mostly the bacterium that causes Lyme disease, one of the most widespread tick-borne diseases, but others as well.

Infusing your yard with sunlight is a natural way to deter them from rudely entering your space. “ Trim large bushes, trees, ...

Early summer is peak tick season in Eastern Ontario and Western Québec. Numerous agencies continue to remind citizens that ticks can carry and transmit Lyme disease, and that proper protective ...

Unfortunately, while Lyme disease vaccines and anti-tick treatments are available for dogs, they currently aren’t for humans, so your best bet is to try to prevent bites in the first place.