Deer ticks that can carry Lyme disease are very tiny, as shown here scaled on a dime in their various 24 months of life stages. Photo courtesy of CDC With hunting season in full swing, the threat of ...

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAW) -- Scientists at Marshfield Clinic Research Institute are asking the public to continue to submit ticks for a research study called the Tick Inventory via Citizen Science, or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A collage of screenshots from a viral video of ticks swarming a deer. A short video posted by Kip Adams, Chief Conservation ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The black-legged tick, or deer tick, _Ixodes scapularis_, can transmit Lyme disease and other health hazards. U.S. Centers for ...

Researchers have come up with a new, more accurate method for detecting in ticks the emerging Powassan virus, which can cause life-threatening neuroinvasive disease, including encephalitis and ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. (WBAY) - Watch out for deer ticks. They’re out in full force. State health officials say there’s been a rise in people getting sick after a deer tick bite. June and July are the months ...

Marshfield Clinic Research Institute enters second year of its tick study. Researchers are asking people across the state to send them ticks they find. The team aims to use the information to ...

Ticks are everywhere, and they’re not going to go away, according to a Virginia Tech entomologist. Warmer summers mean that there is a longer growing season and longer time for animals, who are ...

Ticks collected along Umbrella Tree Trail at North Sonoma Regional Park tested positive in pooled samples for the Lyme disease bacterium — a higher-than-usual signal, even in a small sample. Lyme ...

With Pennsylvania having a relatively mild winter, those spending time outdoors should be concerned about ticks now. “It’s always going to be a bad tick year because of all the pathogens that they ...