Ticks are members of the arachnid class along with spiders and scorpions. These tough customers have eight legs and a taste ...

Whether you’re camping for the weekend, hiking local trails or barbecuing in your backyard, there’s one unwanted visitor you always need to watch out for: ticks. The tiny pests are easy to miss, and ...

Long Star ticks are generally found in the West, but they've recently made the jump to the East Coast, too. (NIAID/) This story originally featured on Outdoor Life. Our love of the outdoors can bring ...

The Asian longhorned tick is a relatively new species in the United States that can transmit diseases like Rocky Mountain ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — One spreads Lyme disease. The bite of another may cause a lifelong meat allergy. And yet another is new in town, having traveled north from warmer climates toting Rocky Mountain ...

Summer means warmer weather, more family outings and the possibility of an encounter with a creepy crawly, also known as a tick. Tick season is year round in Georgia, experts say. However ticks are ...

Woodchuck ticks? Squirrel ticks? Brown dog tick? Blacklegged tick? Did you know that 14 different species of ticks have been identified in Vermont? You can visit the Vermont Department of Health’s ...

Nationwide, ticks are most active during the warmer months of spring, summer and early fall, though they can be active year-round as long as the the temperature is above freezing, according to the ...

If the thought of creepy crawlies sends shivers down your spine, fair warning: Tick season is upon us. According to a report by Ohio’s Country Journal, experts are seeing a shift in the number and ...

The first human case of a new tick-borne disease in Connecticut has been confirmed. According to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, the first locally acquired human case of Rickettsia ...