A close-up shot of a tick moving across someone's pants - Rbkomar/Getty Images While we often think of ticks as creatures lurking in the wild, their eggs can make themselves at home in the most ...

Haemaphysalis longicornis -- was recently detected in a new county in Illinois, representing the third county in which it has ...

Biologist Grant Hokit went to a small meadow in the mountains outside Condon, Montana, to look for ticks. A hiking path crossed the expanse of long grasses and berry bushes. As Hokit walked the path, ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. CONDON — Biologist Grant Hokit came to this small meadow in the mountains outside Condon, to look ...

Kansas State University is monitoring an invasive tick that has appeared in the Sunflower State, which can make infected ...

Everyday Health independently vets all recommended products. If you purchase a featured product, we may be compensated. Learn why you can trust us. ON THIS PAGE Preventing a tick bite is preferable to ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Experts said Illinoisans should be aware of the increase in ticks in the state. "We're sort of on the edge of an invasion," Northwest Mosquito Abatement District Medical Entomologist ...

An Illinois resident has become seriously ill with a tick-borne virus that has never been detected in Illinois before. While the Illinois Department of Public Health hasn’t determined whether the ...