In 2025, six submissions to the state's tick identification service were determined to be lone star ticks. This year there ...

Lone star ticks are becoming more common in Rhode Island and other parts of the Northeast. A bite from a lone star tick can cause a serious red meat allergy, known as alpha-gal syndrome, in some ...

Ticks are small, and you might not notice when they bite, but the diseases they carry can dramatically harm your health. Each ...

URI Professor Thomas Mather said that tick spotting have increased in the last two weeks. In New England, you should watch out for black legged ticks, which can cause Lyme's disease, and lone star ...

With a surge in tick activity, Wisconsinites can help scientists learn more about various species and potential diseases they ...

Ohio has seen an increase in tick populations and wider distribution in the state in recent years. Blacklegged ticks, the primary carriers of Lyme disease, are active year-round in Ohio, and five tick ...

While we often think of ticks as creatures lurking in the wild, their eggs can make themselves at home in the most unsuspecting places. Inside your house, these tiny clusters can hide under carpets ...

As the weather warms up, few of us can resist a nice evening walk through the park or a trip to the countryside to immerse ourselves in natural surroundings. It's common to notice a sudden itch or ...

In a residential backyard in Maine, Project ITCH researchers from the University of Massachusetts Amherst stumbled upon a surprise finding: rabbit ticks harboring a new type of bacteria related to a ...

TOPEKA (KSNT) – Step outside for a walk in Kansas’ outdoors and you may pick up one or more ticks. Here’s what species you’ll ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (KCTV) - An exotic, invasive tick species has now been documented in Kansas. On Thursday, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and Kansas Department of Agriculture (KDA) ...

If you like to venture outdoors in Rhode Island, you’re probably already on the lookout for ticks. But these days, not only do you have to worry about black-legged ticks that can carry Lyme disease, ...