The scutum on male American dog ticks covers most of the dorsal surface bearing the same white markings. An engorged female ...

Some species of female ticks secrete a neurotoxin in their saliva that can cause paralysis. It’s mostly an issue with American dog ticks and deer ticks, but other species can transmit the ...

Wyoming entomologists say ticks are beginning to come out and are warning about two new species that are particularly awful.

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/ Rickettsia (RMSF) Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/Rickettsia (RMSF) is most often transmitted by the American dog tick in the Eastern, Central and Western United States; by ...

Ticks are external parasites that live on the outside of their host. They survive by first biting and then feeding on blood.