Quick Take If you share your home with a dog or cat, you also share it with invisible commuters: parasites looking for a warm ...

Ticks have to be some of the most widely despised creatures in existence despite their important role in the ecosystem. They are found all across the United States, hanging out in almost every place ...

Ticks, potential carriers of Lyme disease, pose a risk to humans and pets in Michigan's outdoors. Michigan is home to over 20 tick species, some of which transmit diseases like Lyme disease, Rocky ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — One spreads Lyme disease. The bite of another may cause a lifelong meat allergy. And yet another is new in town, having traveled north from warmer climates toting Rocky Mountain ...

Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the northeastern US, with many ticks carrying more than one pathogen, reports a recent analysis published in Ecosphere by researchers at Cary Institute of ...