500 new best friends crawling up your leg.” Lone star ticks aren’t the greatest driver of tickborne disease in the United States — that distinction belongs to blacklegged ticks, which spread ...

No. Ticks only travel by crawling, often up pieces of vegetation, where they then use their front legs to reach out and grab passersby. However, "They may appear to jump, as the electrostatic ...

Temperatures are climbing into the double digits, and soon much of the snowpack will be gone leaving drier conditions in ...

Two more kinds of ticks can cause red meat allergies than previously thought. See the new species, learn where all 3 live, how to handle bites.