Spotting a tick on your body can be borderline terrifying. After all, not only can the insect suck your blood, it can also carry a range of potentially serious diseases like Lyme disease and ...

Ticks can transmit bacteria that cause Lyme disease. It is important to remove a tick if a person notices one on their body. Tick removal tools offer a convenient and cost-effective way of lowering ...

Ticks don’t merely insert their horrifying mouthparts into you; they dig their way in via flesh-ripping hooks and then anchor themselves with a proboscis that’s studded with barbs—the little jerks.

Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. Haupt is a health and wellness editor at TIME. You probably won’t see a tick as it clings to a blade of grass, but it can see you. The tiny parasites are ...

Ticks are tiny parasites that feed on the blood of humans and animals. Adult ticks typically measure about 3 to 5 millimeters in length, based on their age, sex and species. Because of their small ...

Spring may be the season for warming weather and blooming flowers, but that’s not all that emerges this time of year. Unfortunately, it’s also when ticks are extremely active, particularly in wooded ...