Astealthy quest is afoot in the forests of the Netherlands. Sitting atop a blade of grass, biding time till its next blood meal, is a hard tick. It attaches to an exposed leg of an unsuspecting victim ...

Tick populations appear to be climbing in the Portland area, and the skin-crawling thought of a tick bite might just sour a ...

Tick season is here once again, and the experts are ready. Historically, tick season has run from April through September but mild winters are causing ticks to arrive earlier and stick around later.

Sporadically throughout the spring and summer, Multnomah County employees bring a white canvas into Portland-area parkland — not to channel their inner Bob Ross, but to catch a tick or two. Or in some ...