You’re a lot more likely to be bitten by a lone star than a blacklegged tick in areas where they’re both common. Here’s what you need to know about this increasingly common species of tick.

The largest study of ticks on dogs ever undertaken in the UK provided the science behind a successful and high profile campaign, endorsed by TV presenter and naturalist Chris Packham, to raise ...

Summer means warmer weather, more family outings and the possibility of an encounter with a creepy crawly, also known as a tick. Tick season is year round in Georgia, experts say. However ticks ...

Scientists fear this could lead to an increase in Lyme disease, which causes flu-like symptoms and can make people very sick.

An exotic and potentially deadly tick-borne parasite has been found in the UK for the first time. A study conducted by the University of Glasgow found the parasite in sheep in the north east of ...

An infectious disease that can harm the brain and is spread to people by tick bites has been identified in ticks in the UK for the first time. Public Health England (PHE) says it has confirmed ...

“If conditions become more hospitable for tropical tick species to establish themselves in areas where they would previously have been unsuccessful, then there is a chance they could bring new d ...

Although 18 different species of tick were identified—including several neotropical species not established in the US—just four species accounted for 81% of the ticks identified by the scientists.

Tropical mosquito and tick-borne viruses have already been detected in Britain and more are coming. That is the warning from the UK Health Security Agency as it sets up a new early warning system ...