They have a distinct orange-red color on their body and wear a black scutum. The species has dark legs that match their scuta ...

A female deer tick (xodes scapularis), one of the two tick ... donate his kidney to an unrelated recipient. He had no obvious red flags, passing all the typical screening tests, which include ...

On Feb. 28, the lab issued a news release stating scientists had confirmed the tick was Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick or blacklegged tick (not to be confused with the western ...

PORTLAND (WGME) -- Tick experts are warning Mainers to prepare for an increase in tick populations this spring, following a winter that was not consistently cold enough to reduce their numbers.

“They can carry Lyme disease, which is transmitted by the deer tick ... actually become allergic to a protein in red meat.” Dr. Bazzoli said ticks are typically found in wooded areas or ...