Ticks are small with two main body parts. They have four pairs of legs, are wingless, and have no antennae. Physical ...

Ticks often look black, but their color can range from a brownish-red mahogany to dark brown. A tick's size and number of ...

Lyme disease gets a lot of attention, but as there's been an uptick in deer tick numbers over the years, another illness has ...

Getting a tick bite can be understandably scary: They're most often discussed in the context of people developing Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that can either be easily treated if caught ...

The warmer weather means a lot more time spent outdoors, but it also means the return of pests like ticks and mosquitos. “Ticks can be active all year long as long as the temperature is ...

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 ...

As warmer months are approaching, a local health expert has started sounding the alarm on the dangers of tick season — ...