The world's first lab-based tick feeding system for bush ticks, developed by researchers at the University of Melbourne, has transformed the study of ticks and how they transmit disease. The novel, ...

Tick-borne viruses are becoming an increasingly common problem because of rising temperatures and changing climates that are creating ideal environments for the arachnids to thrive, and scientists ...

Snowy winters actually help ticks survive. "Tick season will hit fast and hit hard," said the director of East Stroudsburg University's tick lab.

Doctors say 90% of all diseases transmitted by an insect bite originate with ticks, even when a mosquito does the biting. As ...

Tick season is upon New England — and some unexpected visitors have come up north to join the usual crew, one study found. A University of Massachusetts Amherst center has found and studied two ticks ...

Powassan is a rare, but serious disease. Its rarity presents a challenge to those who study it. Research in a lab setting requires strict safety controls and investments that are hard to come by for ...

An Australian teenager has been confirmed to be the first person in the country, and the second worldwide, to die from a severe allergic reaction to meat caused by a tick bite, sparking concern about ...

Tick-borne illnesses present a serious health threat that also can jeopardize operational readiness. In the United States, the threat is especially strong in late spring and summer. Aberdeen Proving ...

Ticks are hitching a free ride to the US from different parts of the world, raising concerns among scientists. In a recent study, researchers reported the introduction of seven exotic tick species to ...

One of the biggest headaches for livestock farmers are ticks because of the diseases they transmit. Ticks spread vector-borne diseases some of which are zoonotic (can be spread from animals to humans) ...

People may want to consider covering their arms on spring days when going out to parks and woodland areas, as per the latest ...