On the west coast lives their closest cousin, the western black-legged tick. They are highly present in regions where ...

Other animals, like white-tailed deer, are "incompetent hosts," so while they are a food source for blacklegged ticks, they do not transmit the Lyme disease bacteria. Blacklegged ticks typically ...

Hunters are advised to take precautions when handling deer carcasses and to submit samples for testing. A farmed white-tail deer from Osceola County has been infected with chronic wasting disease ...

Early melting of Minnesota’s already limited snow cover this winter coupled with recent warm temperatures have allowed blacklegged ticks, often called the “deer ticks,” to feed across the ...