Larvae attach to small rodents to feed. An engorged deer tick larva remains dormant during fall using the excess stored blood ...

Parasites similar to modern ticks have been found inside pieces of amber from Myanmar dating back 99 million years. One is entangled with a dinosaur feather, another is swollen with blood ...

The goal of the research is to help scientist learn about ticks and their diseases. This time of year, people will likely ...

They were Haemaphysalis longicornis, longhorned or bush ticks from East Asia. In Asia and Australia, they've appeared in such numbers that they've killed cattle by draining them of their blood ...