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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — There’s a new kind of creepy-crawly to look out for in East Tennessee this summer. The invasive Asian longhorned tick, which can reproduce without mating, has been found on ...

An emerging tool in the fight against tick-borne disease, host-targeted bait boxes employ a sneaky trick: turning some of ticks' favorite carriers -- small mammals like mice and chipmunks -- against ...

THURSDAY, Nov. 29, 2018 -- Americans have unwelcome eight-legged visitors from the East, and they're here to stay. The Asian longhorned tick -- Haemaphysalis longicornis-- "is a tick indigenous to ...

Tick populations have surged in the Northeast. Here’s how to keep you and your pets safe this summer. As climate change brings longer summers and milder winters, tick populations have surged across ...

If it feels like you're seeing more ticks around, you're not imagining it. This is already being called the "summer of ticks" for good reason: Ticks — including those that spread diseases — are ...

A vicious species of tick originating from Eastern Asia has invaded the US and is rapidly sweeping the Eastern Seaboard, state and federal officials warn. The tick, the Asian longhorned tick (or ...

Tick bites caused a record number of tick-borne diseases last year in Missouri. “Since so many Missourians depend on the outdoors for their livelihood or for recreation, we come into contact with ...

Researchers have confirmed the first detection of the Asian longhorned tick in Maine. This makes Maine the 25th state in the United States where the tick has been found and the farthest northeast ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — There’s a new kind of ...