The Asian longhorned tick, first discovered in the U.S. in 2017, reproduces rapidly and can carry several diseases. The tick population is highest in the Philadelphia area, where it was first found on ...

A new study at Hebrew University provides insights that could lead to innovative ways to combat ticks. Researchers discovered that certain bacteria living inside ticks are essential for their survival ...

Ticks are blood-feeding parasites of animals found throughout Colorado. They are particularly common at higher elevations. Problems related to blood loss do occur among wildlife and livestock, but ...

Just in time for tick season, new research is shining a light on how animals develop resistance to tick bites, which points toward the possibility of developing more effective vaccines against the ...