BILLINGS — A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme ...

A female deer tick (xodes scapularis), one of the two tick species that spread ehrlichiosis in the U.S. © KPixMining via Shutterstock A person’s precious organ ...

We’re approaching that time of year again where families stock up on bug spray and any form of tick repellent that can be ...

Turn your yard into an unappealing place for these pests There are lots of beneficial bugs that ... spreading tick species in ...

Wyoming entomologists say ticks are beginning to come out and are warning about two new species that are particularly awful.

Lyme disease is the most well-known, caused by the bacterium Borrelia burgdorferi, and is transmitted by black-legged ticks, ...

And with it, comes tick season. “They emerge from the soil and are actually quite ravenous,” Dr. Ben Clarke shared. The immunologist and professor of biomedical sciences is studying deer ticks ...

On Feb. 28, the lab issued a news release stating scientists had confirmed the tick was Ixodes scapularis, also known as the deer tick or blacklegged tick (not to be confused with the western ...