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 ...

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 ...

Wild pigs (Sus scrofa L.; Artiodactyla: Suidae) are found in every Arkansas county and are spreading throughout the southeastern USA. This is a public and animal health concern because wild pigs ...

TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Meat lovers be wary. For those who tend to go camping in the summer, tick bites might bring more than just some swelling, lyme disease, or itchy discomfort. The Lone Star Tick, ...

Four nonnative tick species have been identified in the state in recent years. The ticks “were identified on human travelers returning to Connecticut from 2019 to 2023,” according to the Connecticut ...

TULSA, Okla. — Ticks transmit various pathogens, making them key disease carriers. With warmer weather approaching, it is crucial to learn how to protect against tick-borne illnesses. Different ...

TRAVERSE CITY — A new invasive species of tick was discovered in southeastern Michigan just a few months ago. That’s nothing to take lightly, but ixodida expert and Assistant Professor of Biology at ...

The tick menace is even worse than we thought. A pair of new studies this month suggests that there are more tick species out there in the U.S. that can cause an unusual form of allergy to red meat.

As tick season begins in Michigan, let's take a look at the parasitic arachnids and what you need to know to stay safe from tick-related diseases this season. Tick activity in Michigan increases ...

Researchers may have solved the mystery behind cases in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Aug. 4, 2011— -- A previously unknown species of the tick-borne Ehrlichia bacterium was responsible for mysterious ...

Researchers are warning about a potentially deadly bacteria that's shown up in a invasive species of ticks for the first time. Connecticut officials confirmed the first case in the country of the ...