A new invasive tick species was recently found in St. Louis County, with more sightings expected this spring and summer.

There are around 850 tick species in the world and about 90 of them live in the U.S., according to Pest World. Ticks suck blood from the animals, or hosts, they attach onto. Some ticks carry ...

Ticks are most active when the temperature rises above 40 degrees, according to Grayson. He said the solution to avoiding ...

The alpha-gal syndrome is thought to be triggered by bites from the lone star tick. Emerging evidence suggests other ...

Unfortunately, it’s also when ticks are extremely active, particularly in wooded areas. Not only do these parasitic arachnids give you the creeps, but ticks can carry an array of diseases.

There’s an epidemic of tick-transmitted Lyme disease, with some estimates putting the number of people diagnosed and treated in the U.S. at 476,000 people a year, according to the Centers for ...