A recent study shows that two additional tick species can transmit the red meat allergy alpha-gal syndrome. Which species can be found in Alabama?

Deer ticks have a brown-orange and black color and have an oval body that is flat before feeding. Their mouthparts are long ...

Powassan virus is primarily transmitted to humans by one of Minnesota’s 13 tick species: the blacklegged tick, also known as ...

The smaller of the two ticks, on the left, was a nymph. The larger tick was an adult female. The light brown tick is the size of a sesame seed or smaller. Like other tick species, its bite can ...

As the third tick species known to transmit alpha-gal syndrome, these dark reddish-brown ticks can also spread Lyme disease, anaplasmosis and babesiosis. Alpha-gal syndrome, a rare allergy first ...