Spring may have only just started showing signs of life in northern parts of the country, but tick season has already begun.

Scientists at Montana State University Extension Lab have discovered the state's first blacklegged tick, also known as the deer tick.

Until recently, scientists thought a rare and potentially deadly meat allergy was transmitted by just one species of tick found in the U.S. — the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). However, new ...

State researchers released on Monday findings from their 2024 statewide tick surveillance program. The Center for Vector ...

There is concern at CAES with invasive species such as Asian longhorned ticks, which were noticed in Connecticut in 2018.

Two Emerging Infectious Diseases studies link bites from black-legged (deer) and western black-legged ticks to potentially ...

Ticks are most active between May and October in Pennsylvania, but it doesn’t mean that they’re not out there now. Already, ...

So we are monitoring them and how they progress over time.” Blacklegged ticks (deer ticks) are the most prevalent ticks throughout Connecticut. (Jim Gathany/CDC) Longhorned ticks are not native ...

Dr. Megan Linske, a vector ecologist with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, said she's seen changes in new ...

Black-legged ticks: Also known as deer ticks, they are found throughout the eastern United States. This tick can spread a ...

Of the thousands of ticks collected across Connecticut last year, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station says ...

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.