They have a distinct orange-red color on their body and wear a black scutum. The species has dark legs that match their scuta ...

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.

female deer ticks are larger than males but their scutum is dark brown to black in color and has an overlay that is a shade of brownish-orange. Their geographic range is different, too.

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

And with it, comes tick season. “They emerge from the soil and are actually quite ravenous,” Dr. Ben Clarke shared. The immunologist and professor of biomedical sciences is studying deer ticks ...

On Feb. 28, the lab issued a news release stating scientists had confirmed the tick was Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick or blacklegged tick (not to be confused with the western ...