Researchers said that they found rabbit ticks in Maine carrying a new type of bacteria that can cause spotted fever rickettsioses (SFR), an infection that can be deadly in humans. They found the ...

Tick season is upon New England — and some unexpected visitors have come up north to join the usual crew, one study found. A University of Massachusetts Amherst center has found and studied two ...

The blacklegged tick is the most popular species of the insect found in the Southern Ontario region, and is the only type of tick that can transmit the bacteria that causes Lyme disease.

Of the 365,000 or so arthropods found in Costa Rica, the ones that may evoke the most feelings of fear and disgust are ticks. Ticks are ectoparasitic arachnids that practice obligate hematophagy. To ...

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 ...