Here's what to know about the Asian longhorned tick, first confirmed in the U.S. in 2017 in New Jersey. The ticks have spread to 21 states.

Sandy and Jim Parrill garden at Chaos, their acre of the Ozarks in Joplin.Sandy is a lifelong gardener, Missouri master gardener and winner of the Missouri Writers Guild 2018 first-place award for ...

An invasive species of tick — one that’s been spreading rapidly in Pennsylvania and beyond — was just found to be the carrier of a bacterium. A rare bacteria that might be deadly. WHYY ...

TICKS AND TICK-BORNE DISEASES. Ticks are arthropods with a complex life cycle, proven resilient and persistent in the environment. Three families are currently recognized: Ixodidae (hard ticks), ...

Unlocking Life Basics: Tick safety Arguably one of the most annoying parts of summer are the ticks. Not only are they obnoxious and gross, they can also be dangerous.

Two species of ticks were recovered from birds during this study: Amblyomma longirostre (Koch, 1844) andAmblyomma calcaratum (Neumann, 1899). Out of the 137 birds captured in native forest, 10 (7.3%) ...

The syndrome, caused by a tick bite, is most closely associated with the lone star tick – a species that was first found on the Island in 1985 and gained a solid foothold in the last decade. In just ...

Bio-based rigid diols are key building blocks in the development and preparation of high-performance bioplastics with improved thermal and dimensional stabilities. Here, we report on the ...

Tick populations are surging in the U.S., with the number of ticks carrying multiple infectious pathogens increasing in the Northeast. With temperatures rising, people across the country are ...

What should I do if I’m bitten by a tick? Stay calm and try to remove the tick carefully. Grasp the tick as close to the skin as possible using fine-tip tweezers and pull it straight out (or get ...