Getting a tick bite doesn't automatically spell medical emergency, but it is important to know what to do next.

To curb the spread of Lyme disease in the northeastern United States, scientists and public health experts for decades have ...

Hyalomma lusitanicum, the blood-sucking large ticks from Africa and ... although the ones that most often bite humans are the black-legged tick, the lone star tick, and the American dog tick ...

Blacklegged ticks carry Lyme disease, human anaplasmosis (HA), and babesiosis, three illnesses which can lead to serious complications. Between 2005 and 2008, staff members at the Minnesota ...

Rocky Mountain spotted fever is a bacterial infection spread by biting ticks to humans and dogs. Found on every continent ...

Wyoming entomologists say ticks are beginning to come out and are warning about two new species that are particularly awful.