What’s the difference between a deer tick (blacklegged tick) and wood tick (American dog tick)? Here’s what they look like, where they live, and the diseases they carry.

We've compiled a list of information to help you identify a tick. Ticks pictured here include the Lone star tick, blacklegged tick, Rocky Mountain wood tick, Gulf Coast tick, American dog tick and ...

Formally known as Dermacentor andersoni, the Rocky Mountain wood tick is brown with a white shield. As the name suggests, it is most common in the Rocky Mountain states and prefers scrubland in ...

Wood ticks are a “hardy” tick and easier to spot on skin or clothes, Ortbahn explained, and transmit Tularemia or the Rocky Mountain spotted fever. These ticks are found along grassy, prairie ...

Board-certified entomologists explain how to identify a tick nest, what tick eggs look like, and why it’s probably best to leave them alone if you find one.