the Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control District enters its tick-hunting season. While ticks bite year-round, the deer tick, also known as the black-legged tick, tends to prefer cooler ...

A Minnesota Department of Health epidemiologist shows samples of blacklegged, or deer, ticks that are known to carry Lyme and other diseases.

Maine's York County has long been a favorite home for deer ticks and the vector-borne diseases they carry. But as climate change increases, so could the number of ticks and the threat of these ...

A forested location in northern Minnesota is a hot spot for chronic wasting disease after a farmer reportedly dumped carcasses of infected deer.