As the weather heats up and folks head out to trails, doctors and vets in Boulder County are keeping a close eye on the insect.

Getting a tick bite can be understandably scary: They're most often discussed in the context of people developing Lyme disease, a bacterial infection that can either be easily treated if caught ...

With the warm weather comes deer ticks. They can carry Lyme disease and something called the Powassan virus. John Lauritsen explains what that is and why it's a concern for Minnesotans.

New cases of alpha-gal syndrome — a rare but potentially life-threatening illness that makes people violently allergic to red meat — suggest that more tick species may be to blame than ...

Ticks, once latched onto a fleshy target with their barbed, needle-like mouths, are ready for almost anything. They glue themselves to the skin using a complex, cement-like substance. And then ...