You’re a lot more likely to be bitten by a lone star than a blacklegged tick in areas where they’re both common. Here’s what you need to know about this increasingly common species of tick.

RT-PCR analysis of serum samples from 792 participants, collected between May and July from 2022 to 2024 identified 26 ...

So far, Asian longhorned tick has been found on numerous domesticated and wildlife species hosts including: sheep, goats, dogs, cats, horses, cattle, chickens, black bears, grey squirrels, red and ...

In many areas where it occurs, it is the most abundant tick species, outnumbering blacklegged ticks by a factor of 3:1 or more. Importantly, it is now detected north of Monmouth, the central-coastal ...

The winter tick is a small, external parasite which, like all of Maine’s 15 tick species, survives on the blood of animals. Though they are capable of feeding on many different species, winter tick ...

This endangered invertebrate is harmless to humans — and rabbits. Saving it from extinction might even benefit both species.

Here in the dry desert, among the saguaro cactuses and tumbleweeds, investigators found a different culprit: Rhipicephalus ...

In addition to ticks that live in Alberta year-round, migrating birds bring ticks from warmer areas into Alberta during the spring. Alberta is home to many species of ticks. Most tick species in ...

A study that involved feeding ticks blood spiked with chronic wasting disease (CWD) prions and testing ticks and ear samples taken from infected wild white-tailed deer suggests that the parasites can ...

The UK has 20 native tick species, with Ixodes ricinus (commonly known as the deer or sheep tick) the most widespread and a key vector of diseases affecting both humans and animals. Enhanced ...