Because immature ticks are only slightly larger than the period at the end of this sentence, their bites and attached bodies are often really hard to identify without a magnifying glass.

We also sought expert advice from Nicole Carpenter, president of Black Pest Prevention, so you can be fully prepared to identify and get rid of ticks and bedbugs. Whether it’s ticks lurking in ...

Ticks have always traveled on migrating birds — but the rising temperatures of the climate crisis mean they may now survive ...

They’re red-brown in color, but the only thing that’s really important to their identification is the big white spot on their back — a “lone star.” Lone star ticks are notorious as the ...

Ticks travel light, but they carry pathogens with them. When they parasitize migrating birds, these journeys can take them ...

Invasive Asian Longhorned Tick Spreads in U.S.

To investigate tick dispersal through migrating birds, scientists set up nets at six locations where birds stop to rest along the northern Gulf of Mexico. Each bird was ringed with a band carrying an ...