As Americans head outdoors to enjoy the warm weather, more and more are being sickened by ticks, tiny creatures that can transmit a number of serious diseases. Justin Timberlake announced on July ...

An invasive tick species is creeping its way into more parts of the country as warming temperatures help it spread a ...

After a busy season for tick bites, GBH Meteorologist Dave Epstein spoke with a doctor and public health entomologist to ...

"The big one would be blacklegged ticks," Norris said. "These are commonly associated with Lyme disease, and that is by far the biggest tick-borne disease here in Maryland as well as nationally.

COLUMBIA, Md. — Dr. Lawanda Summers-Stephen from Patient First joins Jennifer Franciotti to talk about tick season: how to extract a tick from the skin and the symptoms of tick-borne illness.

A gorged deer tick captured in 2007 in Columbia, South Carolina is part of the Clemson University anthropod collection in Long Hall.