The primary tick species to be wary of in New England is the black-legged tick, also called the deer tick or the bear tick.

Longhorned ticks are light brown and very small, about the size of a sesame ... known to transmit diseases that impact livestock and humans. The first longhorned tick to be found in the state ...

Researchers have been trying for decades to understand just how the tiny tick is able to evade the human body’s defenses and pass along pathogens. A new study by Fikrig and other researchers ...

particularly the black-legged tick (Ixodes scapularis), may be implicated in AGS hypersensitivity in humans, greatly expanding the potential spatial distribution of the syndrome across the US.

The primary tick species to be wary of in New England is the black-legged tick, also called the deer tick or the bear tick.

These ticks are light brown and very small, about the size of a sesame seed ... of transmitting diseases that impact both animals and humans. In Missouri, six sightings have now been reported ...

Spring may have only just started showing signs of life in New England, but tick season has already begun. Thomas Mather, the director of URI’s Center for Vector-Borne Disease and its ...