including the large populations of deer and mice that help spread blacklegged ticks across neighborhoods and state lines. Infected mice can transmit the parasites to their pups, so pups can be ...

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

Deer tick activity surged this week as warmer weather stirred the Lyme-disease carrying arachnids out of their dormant winter ...

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 ...

Mar. 22—Deer tick activity surged this week in Maine as warmer weather stirred the Lyme disease-carrying arachnids out of their dormant winter state to begin searching for hosts. Griffin Dill ...

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 ...