Ohio, Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and West Virginia are seeing unusually aggressive tick activity this year. As tick ...

More than 44% of ticks submitted to Buckeye Tick Test in the last year came from people’s own yards, with another 12.5% found ...

The ritzy Massachusetts enclave has become a hotspot for aggressive lone star ticks, a reddish-brown crab-like arachnid with ...

The tick population is “exploding” all across the United States, as spurred by warming temperatures. And Pennsylvania was found to have some of the highest rates of ticks in the country. According to ...

Health officials urge Michiganders to take precautions to prevent tick bites as the blood-sucking arachnids spread to more heavily populated areas of the state. The number of Lyme disease cases in ...

As the sun emerges and the days become warmer, many people head outside to garden, walk in the park, have a picnic, golf or ride their bikes. Enjoying the outdoors is a great way to spend time, but it ...

Up-close tick encounters are nothing new to Peter Krause. As a tick-borne disease researcher, he's conducted fieldwork where these parasites live. After one trip to Block Island, off the coast of ...

Tick numbers are steady, but disease risk is rising Blacklegged tick populations in New England and New York aren’t exploding, but the number of ticks carrying disease-causing pathogens has risen ...

State health officials are warning outdoor enthusiasts to be on the lookout for blacklegged “deer” ticks in Ohio. The ticks are growing in population, which could mean an increase in Lyme disease and ...