When you spot a tick on your dog or cat, your first instinct may be to panic or feel squeamish. Next come the questions: How long do ticks live? Where do ticks come from? How can I protect my pet? If ...

Life cycle of the blacklegged tick. Ticks take a blood meal at each life stage: larva, nymph, and adult. Ticks acquire pathogens by taking blood meals from infected animals (often rodents). The study ...

Pennsylvania consistently ranks among the top three states in the country for reported Lyme disease cases each year.

Ticks, and the pathogens they carry, can pose a serious risk to human health. As the weather warms and Iowans spend more time outside, the risk of tick diseases can be lowered by avoiding ticks, ...

WEST FAIRLEE, VT.-All over the wooded hills and valleys of central and southern Vermont and New Hampshire-either side of the wide and beautiful Connecticut River-the talk is of ticks. Newspapers ...