State scientists said that rare exotic tick species that were detected in the state likely got there by hitchhiking on human ...

New research highlights how nonnative tick species are regularly being introduced into the country through travel.

Four nonnative exotic tick species have been identified in Connecticut in recent years, according to reporting from the ...

The nonnative species from Europe, Latin America and Eastern Africa reached the United States by latching on to travelers, a ...

With the emergence of the Asian Longhorned tick in Ohio over the past 6 years, there is new concern for diseases like Theileriosis as well. Large infestations of ticks on livestock, even in the ...

Famous American singer Justin Timberlake has revealed that he has been diagnosed with Lyme disease. He shared the news with ...

A previously unknown species of the tick-borne <i>Ehrlichia</i> bacterium was responsible for mysterious infections affecting four people in Wisconsin and Minnesota in 2009, researchers reported ...

A citizen science project called eTick also allows Canadians to submit photos of ticks to be identified by entomologists. If the tick is not an Ixodes species, it likely is not infectious.

A rare tick-borne virus, Powassan, is suspected on the Vineyard. As tick risks expand in the region, what to know and where to learn more.