Ticks have been known to transmit diseases to humans, such as Lyme disease, babesiosis or Rocky Mountain spotted fever, but ...

That bright red comes from something else called carmine. Oh, and it's made from squashed bugs. Squashed female cochineal bugs, to be specific. They're tick-sized critters native to Mesoamerica ...

Alpha-gal syndrome (AGS), a rare and potentially life-threatening allergy to red meat, has long been associated with bites from the lone star tick (Amblyomma americanum). However, recent findings from ...