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.

Only female deer ticks become engorged. Male ticks feed less and are always busy in search of mates. After mating, a male ...

Experts said the more mild winters and prolonged warm periods in Connecticut have created more friendly conditions for tick ...

There is concern at CAES with invasive species such as Asian longhorned ticks, which were noticed in Connecticut in 2018.

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

“The black-legged tick, the adult stage, the adult female and male, if the temperature goes ... host seeking at that point and get a meal on a deer or a dog or on you,” said Dr. Jean Tsao ...

CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Tick activity is expected to pick up quickly as the weather continues to warm this spring. With the weather getting warmer, ticks are remerging the season but there are some ...

Black-legged ticks: Also known as deer ticks, they are found throughout the eastern United States. This tick can spread a number of pathogens including anaplasmosis, Lyme disease, borrelia ...

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 ...

And with it, comes tick season. “They emerge from the soil and are actually quite ravenous,” Dr. Ben Clarke shared. The immunologist and professor of biomedical sciences is studying deer ticks ...