Ticks also figuratively suck because they’re just plain gross. According to the Centers for Disease Control, avoiding wooded and bushy areas is the best way to prevent tick bites. Unfortunately, this ...

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The black-legged tick, Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick, ranges across the eastern half of the country. It’s one of many disease-carrying ticks in the U.S. CDC ...

Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones. Now research is revealing how to prevent and treat the diseases they carry ...

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

Peak tick season is approaching across the U.S and researchers are expecting this summer to be particularly brutal. But, is it the worst ever? University of Rhode Island entomologist Dr. Thomas ...

Ticks carry a multitude of infectious diseases. meepoohyaphoto – stock.adobe.com In Suffolk, there were 3,299 reported cases of Lyme disease in 2023 — up from 2,668 the year before.

Additionally, a species of tick was discovered in central Illinois last summer, dubbed the Asian Longhorned tick that is from Asia and is invading North America. "It’s a new tick species and we ...

A big part of the reason they’ve managed to spread so quickly, Price said, is that they’re parthenogenetic, which means females are capable of reproducing asexually without the aid of male ticks. “So ...

Historically, ticks have stayed in specific geographical regions. They could not migrate very far, given that cold winters caused them to go dormant, and it would not be until the following spring ...

Thanks to warming winters and milder temperatures, ticks are thriving in more parts of the country than ever before — bringing the risk of tick-borne illnesses like Lyme disease.