Learn about an unlikely strategy for repelling ticks that involves a compound secreted by the skin of donkeys, which may help ...

Any ticks collected are sent to the state's public health department to be identified. The Will County Health Department ...

Summer is underway, and experts warn that this year could be particularly bad for ticks, which thrive in warm and humid ...

With summer here, nature trails and other outdoor spots are calling and while reminding South Dakotans about preventing tick ...

Montana is home to the Rocky Mountain wood tick and the American dog tick, which can also spread diseases such as Rocky ...

Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPPHS) officials are alerting the public about the recent identification of a tick new to Montana known as Ixodes scapularis, commonly referred ...

Blacklegged ticks are extremely common in Northeastern United States. Recently, these ticks have steadily expanded into other ...

There are several tick species throughout the U.S., but two of the most common are deer ticks (blacklegged ticks) and wood ticks (most commonly American dog ticks), and while they might cover ...

But perhaps the Asian longhorned tick will one day eclipse that tick in fame. Native to China and other countries in East ...

As any hiker or dog walker can attest, checking for ticks is routine practice after being outdoors at this time of year.

Connecticut officials are concerned about a particular pest new to the northeast state. The longhorned tick, which was ...

According to MDHHS, Lyme disease, caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, is the most common tick-borne disease in ...