The unofficial start to summer is finally here. You’ve just returned from a day trip to the hiking trails, or from the park with your children or pets. Before you sit down inside to relax, you check ...

Check your skin for ticks if you've been in wooded or grassy areas because ticks can attach and cause disease. Remove a tick as soon as you find it because the longer it stays attached, the greater ...

If you're exploring Michigan's great outdoors this season, beware of ticks — potential Lyme disease carriers that will bite both people and their pets while looking for a blood meal. While the ...

At the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-borne Disease, Valerie the mannequin shows how light-colored clothing makes it easier to identify ticks. There is a tick on the neckline of her t-shirt.

Ticks, potential carriers of Lyme disease, pose a risk to humans and pets in Michigan's outdoors. Tick season in Michigan typically spans from April to September, with peak activity when temperatures ...

Study shows many ticks carry several infections, increasing health risks and making diagnosis harder after bites.

The world's first lab-based tick feeding system for bush ticks, developed by researchers at the University of Melbourne, has transformed the study of ticks and how they transmit disease. The novel, ...