“If you’re out all day long, try to do a quick check for ticks every few hours,” said Bobbi Pritt at the Mayo Clinic. “When ...

Ticks are most active in summer, the same time people also flock to the woods and prairies where the creatures live.

Milder winters and rainy springs help the parasites thrive in the U.S., and emergency-room visits for bites are up.

Wet weather this spring — and two years ago — could lead to an increase in ticks in Colorado, though the Front Range will get ...

Even in northern-tier Midwestern states, ticks are active and crawling for seven months or more yearly, and smart hunters everywhere will take precautions to prevent disease-carrying tick bites. I’ve ...

Experts are warning of an increased possibility of people contracting dangerous diseases as ticks spread across the United ...