Some of the ticks in Washington rarely come into contact with ... we’ll learn about the various ticks you might run into in the Evergreen State. Then, we’ll take a look at when they come ...

There are four types of ticks commonly found in Washington, according to the Washington State Department of Health, and all are worth avoiding. Pointers from the Washington Trails Association on ...

Thanks to that same student, there’s now a system to help track where people are encountering ticks on trails across the state. According to an April 7 news release from the Washington Trails ...

Animals like cattle, rabbits, and mice develop natural immunity after a tick bite, leading to fewer ticks reaching adulthood ...

In one case, a 61-year-old woman in Washington state went into anaphylactic shock 29 days after she remembers being bitten by a tick on her shoulder: After eating beef tacos, she broke out in ...

There are a number of steps you can take to protect yourself from ticks when you are in nature, but there is one you should take: Spray your footwear with the synthetic insecticide permethrin.

The Fayette-Washington Mosquito-Borne Disease Program has officially started the tick and mosquito surveillance season, in partnership with the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

In a study of "acquired tick resistance" among deer mice, rabbits and cattle, researchers at Washington State University found that once host animals were exposed to ticks, they developed ...