More than half of the ticks examined by Wisconsin researchers carried bacteria that causes Lyme disease, a new study says.

The unofficial start of summer arrives this weekend — and ticks are wasting no time crashing the party. Emergency room visits ...

Microsoft founder Bill Gates, whose foundation funds health research initiatives, is behind the proliferation of a tick that ...

Lyme disease is the most common tick-borne infectious disease in the United States. There is no vaccine to protect against it in humans. Biopharmaceutical company Pfizer and Valne ...

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 ...

Spring is a time when we start to see an increase in ticks and experts say they've seen an increase in recent years.

These three tick species account for nearly all tick‑borne diseases in Ohio. Here's where they live and how to avoid bites.

Emergency room visits for tick bites have surged, which scientists say is "only the tip of an iceberg of tickborne illnesses.

But a winter tick feeding frenzy in Maine, driven by rising temperatures, means that this year he kept finding dead animals.

Everyone, it seems, has a tick story this spring, thanks to the mild weather. The Sheriff wasn't immune when he led a group ...