The mother of two children infected with relapsing fever said Wednesday she believes the source of the disease was ticks in a bird's nest on the porch of a cabin on Flathead Lake's Wildhorse Island, ...

A tick that is not known to bite people may play a role in the transmission of Lyme disease, according to a new article. This study adds to a growing body of evidence that indicates that in order to ...

Ticks could spread new diseases around the world by hitching a lift on migrating birds, warns new research. The parasitic ...

Ticks travel light, but they carry pathogens with them. When they parasitize migrating birds, these journeys can take them thousands of miles away from their usual geographic range. Historically, they ...

In a new study, researchers at Uppsala University and other institutions have identified genetic material from the recently identified Alkhurma hemorrhagic fever virus in the tick species Hyalomma ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. BILLINGS — A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the ...

Everyone knows that ticks have the potential for carrying some pretty serious diseases to our pets. What you may not know is that these bloodthirsty parasites may be arriving in your backyard after ...

A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme disease — the most common disease spread by ticks in the United States, estimated at about ...

A new study used machine learning to identify bird species with the potential to transmit the Lyme disease bacterium (Borrelia burgdorferi) to feeding ticks. The team developed a model that identified ...