The goal of the research is to help scientist learn about ticks and their diseases. This time of year, people will likely ...

Migrating birds are bringing more disease-carrying ticks into the northern hemisphere, according to a new study. Scientists fear this could lead to an increase in Lyme disease in Britain ...

What’s The Risk? While a tick bite is itself generally harmless, they are capable of transmitting diseases to humans, some of which can be extremely debilitating and life-threatening. In the UK ticks ...

Migrating birds can bring along some dangerous stowaways during their epic travels–ticks. These blood sucking arachnids can carry serious pathogens including Lyme disease, Anaplasmosis ...