A Bozeman hunter’s bird dog has alerted health officials to the possibility that the tick that carries Lyme disease – the ...

Numerous types of ticks exist, including the American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis) and black-legged tick (Ixodes ...

The type of tick most commonly known to carry the bacterium that causes Lyme disease has been identified in eastern Montana, according to new National Institutes of Health (NIH) research. […] ...

“The black leg tick, it’s scientific name is Ixodes Scapularis. Scapula is the shoulder blades, and that’s where they like to go,” Beauzay said. If you are interested in turning in a tick ...

Lyme disease is most frequently reported from the upper midwestern, northeastern, and mid-Atlantic states where it is spread by Ixodes scapularis ticks. Some cases are also reported from northern ...