The black-legged tick, or deer tick, _Ixodes scapularis_, can transmit Lyme disease and other health hazards. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention When you think about ticks, you might ...

Tick season is officially here – but in Delaware it never really leaves, according to the state’s leading tick-expert. Efforts are in place to monitor tick populations in public lands with the help of ...

CONDON, Mont. — Biologist Grant Hokit has come to this small meadow in the mountains outside Condon to look for ticks. A hiking path crosses the expanse of long grasses and berry bushes. As Hokit ...

As spring progresses into summer, one of nature’s tiniest terrors becomes active: the tick. They are small, almost unnoticeable—until they bite. No matter where you live, you probably have ticks as ...

(WJAR) — Martha’s Vineyard health officials said they are investigating a potential infection of a serious tick-borne disease. According to officials, a resident is potentially infected with Powassan ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. (WWLP) – The drought may have a silver lining for outdoor enthusiasts and pet owners, fewer deer ticks. Ticks hang out in tall blades of grass, waiting on a host to latch onto and ...

Experts say Wisconsin will have the usual number of ticks and mosquitos this year. Ticks and mosquitos are more than pesky pests. They can carry and spread illnesses such as Lyme disease and ...

This article is a part of 12-piece series for The Times’ 2025 “Year in Review. It was the New York Times that said this ...

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAW) - Marshfield Clinic Research Institute is once again asking Wisconsin residents to send in ticks they find while working and recreating outside this year. In 2024, the Research ...

MARSHFIELD − Ticks are still active in Wisconsin, and researchers are asking residents to help track them. The Marshfield Clinic Research Institute's Tick Inventory via Citizen Science (TICS) has ...

An infant is in serious condition after what Martha's Vineyard health officials are investigating as an apparent case of Powassan virus, a rare but potentially serious tick-borne illness. The child, ...