Indiana has six ticks that spread diseases and illnesses to people. Each of them has more than one pathogen that they can ...

The ticks are more dormant over the winter months, then return to their life cycles as the weather warms up. Adults can be found a bit higher in the vegetation than the younger ticks, but Dr. Tsao ...

The percentage of deer ticks carrying the Lyme disease bacteria varies per region, and it can range from 2 to 25% of nymphs [young deer ticks] or 5 to 60% of adults, says Thomas N. Mather ...

The New York State Department of Health, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and New York State Office of ...

“While there's times of [the] year where we're going to have more adult rather than nymph, which are the baby ticks, right now we're coming into the nymph season," says Burmester. "So they're ...

While this might suggest ticks are insects, they are arachnids, like spiders. Ticks gain their fourth pair of legs after moulting to the nymph stage. Finally, they moult into adults. Before feeding, ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — New York City residents should prepare for a tremendous surge in tick numbers this year — and Lyme disease — environmental experts say, blaming it on oak trees.