The most common ticks you may encounter are the deer tick, the dog tick (American or brown), or the lone star tick. Ticks are ...

Wyoming entomologists say ticks are beginning to come out and are warning about two new species that are particularly awful.

“So animals like deer, which can harbor the tick, are now moving into more urban areas.” Montana has long been home to the ...

PORTLAND (WGME) -- Tick experts are warning Mainers to prepare for an increase in tick populations this spring, following a winter that was not consistently cold enough to reduce their numbers.

Scientists at Montana State University’s Department of Microbiology and Cell Biology are working to develop a better vaccination for Lyme disease.

Ticks are external parasites that live on the outside of their host. They survive by first biting and then feeding on blood.