Ticks travel light, but they carry pathogens with them. When they parasitize migrating birds, these journeys can take them thousands of miles away from their usual geographic range. Historically, they ...

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Blacklegged ticks (Ixodes scapularis) are the primary vector of Lyme disease to humans, but researchers at Old Dominion University in Virginia are focusing on another tick, Ixodes affinis, even though ...

BERKELEY, California, February 26, 2015 (ENS) - Ticks bearing the bacterium that causes Lyme disease are populating Northern California’s birds that then fly them into suburban areas, finds new ...

Dangerous ticks that carry diseases have spread across most of the United States, but these regions may be the worst for ...

Readers asked what to do if they’re bitten by a tick, if researchers are working on a vaccine and why tick numbers are rising ...

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 ...