Once a tick finds a host it can take between 10 minutes to 2 hours to start feeding, depending on the tick species and life stage. When the tick finds a feeding spot, it holds the skin and cuts into ...

Learn about the most common fall pests, their signs and effective removal tips to keep your home pest-free this season.

Molaei said there are 15 tick species now in Connecticut. Ten are invasive and five are of concern. With warmer winters they can pose a threat year-round. “Do not hesitate to send your ticks ...

Scientists at Marshfield Clinic Research Institute are asking the public to submit ticks for a research study called the Tick Inventory via Citizen Science. The study is surveying the distribution of ...

“We are looking at the correlation between blacklegged tick nymph density and invasive plant species,” said Luke Walters, a junior at VTSU. It’s research that co-investigator Bill Landesman ...

Then we researched products using the Companion Animal Parasite Council's quick product reference guide. Our top pick ... flea larvae, four species of ticks, chewing lice, and mange mites.

Two Vermont State University faculty members will lead an investigation into the link between tick and invasive species populations thanks to a recently awarded $238,000 National Science Foundation ...

While alpha-gal is associated in the United States with bites from Lone Star ticks, infectious disease doctors say other species of ticks throughout the world can transmit the syndrome.

Rates of babesiosis, a tick-borne parasitic disease, increased an average of 9% per year in the United States between 2015 and 2022 and four in 10 patients were found to be co-infected with another ...

The first human case of a new tick disease in the northeast has been found in Connecticut. It comes from a tick that ...