Terminix has released a report of the Top 25 states with the most ticks. Can a bite make you sick? Here's what you need to ...

When a tick bites, it does more than just stick you with the pointy end. Here’s what happens, in far more detail than you ever cared to know. Tick mouthparts. Credit: Richter et al, 2013.

That said, ticks typically stay on your body longer than any other bug, because their goal is to slowly feed on blood (gross visual, sorry). That does give you a better chance of catching the tick ...

Tick bites are are on the rise this and they can carry some nasty illnesses. Which are most common depends where you live. Here's what to know to protect yourself.

As ticks migrate to new regions due to milder winters and habitat changes, experts warn about the increase of diseases such as Lyme disease, alpha-gal syndrome and tick paralysis.

What to do if you find a tick nest. Tick nests can generally be found outdoors, near ground level. Once the ticks hatch, they start out as six-legged larvae before growing into eight-legged ...

Alpha-Gal Syndrome, a little-known, life-threatening food allergy triggered by tick bites, could be affecting hundreds of thousands of people in the U.S., the CDC warned in a new report.

The lone star tick can trigger an allergic reaction to red meat in those bitten. Now this arachnid’s territory is expanding. By Livia Albeck-Ripka One night in 2008, Deborah Fleshman awoke in ...

There’s a relatively new kind of tick showing up in greater numbers in parts of Michigan and, for some people, it could cause a strange meat allergy if it bites you. While the lone star tick has ...

According to tick expert Thomas Mather, spraying shoes with permethrin can help prevent tick bites and reduce the risk of tick-borne diseases like Lyme disease.

Rates of babesiosis, a potentially fatal tick-borne disease sometimes referred to as "American malaria," increased an average of 9% a year in the US between 2015 and 2022, a new study finds.