The primary tick species to be wary of in New England is the black-legged tick, also called the deer tick or the bear tick.

Experts said the more mild winters and prolonged warm periods in Connecticut have created more friendly conditions for tick ...

Dr. Megan Linske, a vector ecologist with the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, said she's seen changes in new ...

Neither of the two new female patients — one a 45-year-old in Maine and the other a 61-year-old in Washington — had been in areas where the lone star tick is commonly found. Scientists ...

And that dead tick poses zero risk to the pet,” Reif ... Ticks with longer mouth parts such as blacklegged ticks or Lone Star ticks have more attachment points, so dead ones may take longer ...

Two invasive species of ticks — the lone star tick and the long horned tick — were found in twice as many Connecticut counties in 2024 than they were in previous years, officials say.

MONDAY, March 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A rare red meat allergy, usually linked to a bite from the lone star tick, may also be caused by other tick species found in different parts of the U.S ...

It’s rare, but in some cases a tick bite can cause a person to develop an allergy to red meat. Most cases, scientists believe, are linked to the lone star tick, a species typically found in the ...

The primary tick species to be wary of in New England is the black-legged tick, also called the deer tick or the bear tick.

A rare red meat allergy, usually linked to a bite from the lone star tick, may also be caused by other tick species found in different parts of the U.S., a new report shows. "Alpha-gal syndrome is ...

MONDAY, March 24, 2025 (HealthDay News) -- A rare red meat allergy, usually linked to a bite from the lone star tick, may ...

Most cases are linked to the lone star tick, which is common in the Southeast and lower Midwest. But new case reports from Maine and Washington state found two women who developed alpha-gal ...