To get to the US National Tick Collection, visitors to the campus of Georgia Southern University must descend into the bowels of the Math/Physics Building, where sunlight is absent and locked doors ...

Ticks don’t just go away in the winter. Ticks can be active anytime the temperature is above freezing, and research shows that tick-borne diseases are on the rise in people and dogs. According to the ...

Tips to protect yourself from ticks and Lyme disease. Ticks that spread disease are growing geographically and in population. While only two types spread Lyme disease (the blacklegged tick and western ...

Tick season is officially here – but in Delaware it never really leaves, according to the state’s leading tick-expert. Efforts are in place to monitor tick populations in public lands with the help of ...

The ancient Egyptians used large ticks with bright, colorful spots on their backs as inspiration for jewelry, Beati says. African ticks feed on large animals and so become the most decorated and most ...