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 ...

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 ...