According to the Companion Animal Parasite Council’s 2025 forecast, the deer tick is expanding its U.S. range southward and ...

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease in areas where pheasants are released, new research ...

Warmer temperatures increase tick activity, raising the risk of tick-borne illnesses, University of Maine Tick Lab warns.

Lyme disease, a disease transmitted when deer ticks feed on infected animals like deer and rodents, and then bite humans, impacts nearly half a million individuals in the U.S. annually.

Lyme disease is the fastest-grown vector-borne illness in the United States, with over 476,000 new cases annually, according to the Global Lyme Alliance, a national not-for-profit organization whose ...

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease in areas where pheasants are released, new research shows.

In 1990, researchers from the Yale University School of Medicine examined museum specimens of deer ticks for the DNA sequencing specific to the bacteria that causes Lyme disease. It was found in ...

Many are hopeful that New York City’s recent cold, snowy winter will knock out the black-legged deer ticks that carry Lyme disease. Despite the common misconception that cold weather kills ticks ...

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 ...

Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that can cause Lyme disease in areas where pheasants are released, new research shows. Pheasants are not native to the UK, but about 47 million are ...