This year, ER visits for tick bites have increased dramatically, corresponding with a new threat: a rise in Alpha-gal ...

Here’s an important tip for international travelers coming back home: Be sure to check for any blood-sucking creepy-crawlies attached to you. In a study out today, health experts warn that exotic, ...

The mouthparts of an adult female blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick. The outer protrusions are used to secure a ...

It was a perfect day for a blood meal. A salt breeze blew over the western shore of Martha’s Vineyard, riffling the meadow grass under a pale-blue sky. They’d been waiting by the footpath all ...

Up-close tick encounters are nothing new to Peter Krause. As a tick-borne disease researcher, he’s conducted fieldwork where these parasites live. After one trip to Block Island, off the coast of ...

Get your news from a source that’s not owned and controlled by oligarchs. Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily. Ticks are taking over the United States. Due to climate change, changing land use, ...

The lone star tick, seen here in a vial, can transmit alpha-gal sugar and thus alpha-gal syndrome. (Staff photo by Ben McCanna/Portland Portland Press Herald via Getty Images) Tick. Tick. Tick. It was ...

Ticks are expanding into new places, and more are carrying multiple diseases. By Maggie Astor Tick season has begun with a vengeance: This year, there were more emergency-room visits for tick bites ...

Hours after savoring that perfectly grilled steak on a beautiful summer evening, your body turns traitor, declaring war on the very meal you just enjoyed. You begin to feel excruciating itchiness, ...

Experts explain why it's the most dangerous time for ticks—and the mistakes putting dogs at risk right now.