The black-legged tick, or deer tick, _Ixodes scapularis_, can transmit Lyme disease and other health hazards. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention When you think about ticks, you might ...

Your fear is well-founded. Tick-borne diseases are the most prevalent vector-borne diseases — those transmitted by living organisms — in the United States. Each tick feeds on multiple animals ...

Sean Lawrence has nothing to disclose. When you think about ticks, you might picture nightmarish little parasites, stalking you on weekend hikes or afternoons in the park. But contained in every bite ...

Ticks have to be some of the most widely despised creatures in existence despite their important role in the ecosystem. They are found all across the United States, hanging out in almost every place ...

FAIRFAX, Calif. (KGO) -- Everybody loves water -- birds, bees, boaters, and even pests. We're talking about an uptick of ticks in the Bay Area. At the Fairfax Veterinary Clinic, they call this the ...

Veterinary researchers have confirmed a previously unknown tick-borne infection in dogs, and the discovery is sharpening ...

Scientists in the Cooley Lab at MSU in the Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology are infecting ticks with the bacteria borrelia, the primary cause of Lyme disease, which allows them to study how ...