Massachusetts is extending hunting season on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket to combat tick-borne illnesses and other issues ...

Deer ticks that can carry Lyme disease are very tiny, as shown here scaled on a dime in their various 24 months of life stages. Photo courtesy of CDC With hunting season in full swing, the threat of ...

The Martha’s Vineyard shotgun deer-hunting season opened Monday with a noticeably quieter start compared with past seasons.

As climate change profoundly alters ecosystems in North America, a small parasite is wreaking havoc: the winter tick. This ...

Brian Athearn, dressed in camouflage, scaled a tree with his crossbow near the West Tisbury headquarters of the Martha’s ...

May 23—Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPPHS) officials are alerting the public about the recent identification of a tick new to Montana known as Ixodes scapularis, commonly ...

CONDON, Mont. — Biologist Grant Hokit has come to this small meadow in the mountains outside Condon to look for ticks. A hiking path crosses the expanse of long grasses and berry bushes. As Hokit ...

A cold and snowy winter failed to keep ticks from biting plenty of humans in New York and across the Northeast this March, according to emergency departments tracking illnesses caused by the tiny ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Ticks can be active in any season and it’s important to check for and remove the bloodsuckers as quickly as possible — especially after you’ve been outside hiking, gardening or ...

As Michigan’s weather warms, both ticks and humans are waking up from their winter dormancy – that means they could cross paths. And there’s nothing a tick likes more than to hitchhike on you and your ...