Blood-sucking ticks are gross and can carry a variety of diseases. But how do you protect yourself against ticks? And why do ...

It’s not just the hiking trail where you need to worry about ticks. These arthropods are now a problem in major cities—and ...

Washington State University researchers have discovered how the bacteria that cause anaplasmosis and Lyme disease hijack ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The risk of being bitten by a tick in New York City is currently extremely high, researchers at Fordham ...

On the 50th anniversary of Milda McQuillan's disappearance, her granddaughters visit the area where she was last seen in the ...

A comedy? Hardly. It’s the most dramatic series on television. Its actors could clearly be frontrunners in the drama ...

“If you live in Manhattan,” Diuk-Wasser said, “most likely you got it by traveling. If you live in Queens or the Bronx, you ...

Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones.

HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WHNT) — This week, Huntsville residents have reported seeing a black bear roaming around the area. One sighting was reported near the Marina Park neighborhood in Huntsville ...

Virginia has reported a dramatic spread in tick-borne illnesses in suburban neighborhoods. It's expected to get worse.

There are a few different species of ticks on P.E.I., but it's the black-legged tick — also known as the deer tick — that can carry Lyme disease. Early symptoms include a rash, fever, headache ...

Although tick season reaches its peak from April through September, ticks can be active on warm days at all times of the year for a variety of reasons including suburbanization, ...