Another consequence of Wyoming's abnormally warm winter is a much earlier tick season. Entomologist Mikenna Smith says not only are ticks out and ...

Quick Take If you share your home with a dog or cat, you also share it with invisible commuters: parasites looking for a warm ...

On a warm spring day, disease ecologist Daniel Salkeld is hiking the hills of coastal scrub and chaparral of Marin County, north of San Francisco. It's his favorite spot to collect ticks. As he walks, ...

A humble group of African ticks set a new record for their species surviving 27 years in a laboratory. Eight of those years the tick spent without any food, according to a recent study published in ...

Ticks, and the pathogens they carry, can pose a serious risk to human health. As the weather warms and Iowans spend more time outside, the risk of tick diseases can be lowered by avoiding ticks, ...

WEST FAIRLEE, VT.-All over the wooded hills and valleys of central and southern Vermont and New Hampshire-either side of the wide and beautiful Connecticut River-the talk is of ticks. Newspapers ...

Ticks are bothersome pests that can cause a myriad of problems, but a few spritzes or drops of this oil can safely keep them ...