Ticks can be hard to spot but spread serious diseases. See pictures of what tick bites and rashes look like and get tips from ...

A close-up shot of a tick moving across someone's pants - Rbkomar/Getty Images While we often think of ticks as creatures lurking in the wild, their eggs can make themselves at home in the most ...

South Carolina has plenty of annoying and sometimes dangerous creatures, but ticks can be particularly bad. They’re creepy and crawly, but they also bite for the sole purpose of gorging themselves on ...

URI Professor Thomas Mather said that tick spotting have increased in the last two weeks. In New England, you should watch out for black legged ticks, which can cause Lyme's disease, and lone star ...

As the weather warms up, few of us can resist a nice evening walk through the park or a trip to the countryside to immerse ourselves in natural surroundings. It’s common to notice a sudden itch or ...

CAMBRIDGE, MASS. (WHDH) - A Harvard freshman has developed an app that identifies ticks with a single picture. Antonia Kolb created “Detick It,” which not only identifies the type of tick, but also ...

At the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-borne Disease, Valerie the mannequin shows how light-colored clothing makes it easier to identify ticks. There is a tick on the neckline of her t-shirt.

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Over the last several years, researchers from Columbia University have studied the tick population on Staten Island — and that work continues this summer, as they collect the ...