The invasive Asian longhorned tick feeds on livestock, wildlife, pets and people, but it's not clear if it carries diseases commonly found on other tick species in Maine.

Researchers with the University of Maine's Tick Lab confirmed the presence of the invasive tick in the state. Path of ...

The University of Maine and the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry (DACF) have confirmed the presence ...

Researchers confirmed an Asian longhorned tick was found in Cumberland County, marking the first known occurrence of the ...

Researchers say New England's fast-warming climate correlates with Maine's marked uptick in cases of tick-borne diseases, ...

Health departments struggle to adequately survey for ticks to warn doctors about new species and the diseases they carry.

Here in Maine, where babesiosis was not previously considered endemic, the incidence of the illness soared a whopping 1,422% in less than a decade.

Officials say the invasive Asian longhorned tick has been found in Maine for the first time. The tick was found in Cumberland County. The tick was submitted through University of Maine Cooperative ...

Here in Maine, a very different warning has echoed for decades: the rise of tick-borne diseases, especially Lyme. Since its ...

Rare Powassan virus case in Maine highlights serious tick-borne illness with no vaccine or treatment, causing neurological ...

You know Lyme disease. But across areas of the Northeast, incidents of "anaplasmosis" – a different vector-borne illness – ...