Tick season has started and that does cause some extra concern for parents when their offspring show some redness somewhere after a day of outdoor play. Because one in five ticks is infected with ...

BILLINGS — A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme ...

Infected female ticks also don’t spread the disease to their offspring. The female’s 1,000 to 2,000 eggs hatch in the spring. The mother dies after laying the eggs. The tick’s four-stage ...