May is Lyme disease awareness month and, at the same time, a certain variety of tick has become more abundant in the Kootenay ...

Fred Kraus, a researcher in the department of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Michigan, was studying snakes in Papua New Guinea when one of his research assistants took the bite ...

A Costa Rica expat shares essential tips for avoiding ticks while exploring the outdoors. Learn about local species, ...

Climate change and growing deer populations have helped Lyme disease proliferate in New England. But there are several ways ...

Researchers have discovered ticks in Maine carrying a new strain of bacteria that can cause a life-threatening infection in humans.

A University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill modeling study suggests that wild-habitat disruption may be contributing ...