From saliva to hunting strategies, ticks use a range of tactics that affect how quickly they can spread disease.

With the emergence of the Asian Longhorned tick in Ohio over the past 6 years, there is new concern for diseases like ...

The American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) is the most common type of tick in the province and has been known in some cases to transmit bacteria to animals.

“We need to be more aware of this disease and pay even more attention to the ticks,” Weese wrote. “In Ontario, RMSF can be transmitted by the American dog tick, Dermacentor variabilis, which ...

From left to right: blacklegged tick (Ixodes scapularis), bird tick (Ixodes auritulus), rabbit tick (Haemaphysalis leporispalustris) and dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis).

Common ticks found in Maine are seen, May, 1991. On the top row is the Ixodes dammini, or "deer tick," which transmits lyme disease. From left, nymph, adult male, adult female, engorged female.