Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live.

It's officially summer, a time for barbecues, the beach—and protecting yourself against the teeny, tiny black-legged deer ...

But contained in every bite of this infuriating, insatiable pest is also a trove of social, environmental and epidemiological ...

Data from the CDC indicates this may be a bad tick season. So if you're planning a hike, a trip to a park or just hanging out in the backyard, here are some tips to fend off these blood-sucking bugs.

It is officially tick season. Although active year-round — even in the winter — this is the time of year when most tick encounters ...

A June 16th New York Times article shared some of the challenges of changing tick behavior and the expansion of tick types ...

Brits have been issued an urgent warning to take care when walking outdoors this summer due to a serious risk to health. The ...

The illness is caused by a parasite, which makes it different from many well-known tick-borne diseases, such as Lyme.

Before going for a hike or hitting a park this summer, here’s what you need to know about ticks — and the diseases they carry ...

But contained in every bite of ... such as deer returned, but the apex predators that once kept their populations in check did not. The eastern U.S. became a global hot spot for tick-borne Lyme ...