A rare illness known as “Beaver Fever” has turned up in New York for the first time in more than twenty years.

Researchers were recently surprised after stumbling upon rabbit ticks in Maine that harbor a new type of bacteria related to a potentially life-threatening infection. Scientists from the University of ...

UMass Amherst researchers have discovered a new bacteria in Maine rabbit ticks linked to an infection that can be deadly for humans, the university announced Wednesday. The researchers discovered the ...

A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveal that tularemia cases are on the rise in the U.S. Dr_Microbe - stock.adobe.com Cases of tularemia, also known as “rabbit ...

SAN DIEGO (KGTV) - San Diego County Vector Control officials reported new signs Friday of the potentially dangerous disease tularemia on a trail in Sorrento Valley. Several batches of ticks trapped ...

Microbiologist Stephen Rich is the executive director of the UMass Amherst-based New England Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases (NEWVEC). “We now know there is something different, ...

If you find a tick on yourself – and this is prime tick season for New Hampshire, unfortunately – a Plymouth nonprofit wants to see it. Since 2017, BeBop Labs has asked people in New Hampshire who ...

Is Halloween coming early? The reports of "rabbits with tenticles" seemingly support this. Cottontail rabbits with horn-like growths on their heads have appeared in Colorado, sparking concern over ...

Rabbits with tentacles in northern Colorado. There’s not really a better way to sum up recent photos and headlines about cottontail rabbits spotted around Fort Collins with long, dangling growths on ...