Dr. Megan Linske, a vector ecologist with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, said she's seen changes in new ...

The primary tick species to be wary of in New England is the black-legged tick, also called the deer tick or the bear tick.

Of the thousands of ticks collected across Connecticut last year, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station says ...

Spring may have only just started showing signs of life in New England, but tick season has already begun. Thomas Mather, the director of URI’s Center for Vector-Borne Disease and its ...

The CAES reported the the most commonly collected species were deer ticks, or blacklegged ticks. They were followed by longhorned ticks. Scientists also found that two emerging species ...

The group of blood-sucking parasites called ticks can spread pathogens like Lyme Disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis.

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 ...

the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station says blacklegged ticks- also known as deer ticks- were the most common. However, two emerging species- lone star ticks and long horned ticks- were ...

The group of blood-sucking parasites called ticks can spread pathogens like Lyme Disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis. Here's ...

This suggests that other types of ticks, like the black-legged tick (also called deer tick) that transmits the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, and the western black-legged tick, may also cause ...