In northern states, a tick’s life cycle is two years long. University of Minnesota Associate Professor Jon Oliver explains ...

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A University of North Carolina (UNC) at Chapel Hill modeling study suggests that wild-habitat disruption may be contributing ...

(via CDC website) This undated file photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, a carrier of Lyme disease.

The blacklegged tick, also known as the deer tick, is widespread in the East. Western blacklegged wood ticks are found on the West Coast. Unable to view our graphics? Click here to see them.

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new tick surveillance website that maps county-level reports of where different species of ticks have been found.