State environmental officials say lone star ticks and long horned ticks were found in Fairfield, New London, Middlesex and New Haven counties in 2024.

New cases suggests that other types of ticks, like the black-legged tick and the western black-legged tick, may also cause the condition.

State researchers released on Monday findings from their 2024 statewide tick surveillance program. The Center for Vector ...

Ticks that can spread diseases that afflict people, including Lyme disease, continue to proliferate in Connecticut, the latest findings from a multiyear tick surveillance program show. On Monday, the ...

Vector control officials are warning that swimming pools in Altadena and the Pacific Palisades could turn into breeding ...

Of the thousands of ticks collected across Connecticut last year, the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station says ...

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In a new case study, researchers from North Carolina State University found Bartonella henselae, Babesia odocoilei and Babesia divergens-like MO-1 DNA in brain tissue samples from a young child with ...

Animal Care Services deals with hundreds of "exotic" or neglected animals each year. Many of them end up with rescue organizations.

The alpha-gal syndrome is thought to be triggered by bites from the lone star tick. Emerging evidence suggests other ticks—found in other parts of the country—may also cause it. Most cases, scientists ...

Alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy caused by a bite from the lone star tick, may also be triggered by the deer tick and the western black-legged tick.