The ixodid tick that went missing, right, and the ixodid tick that died after sucking some blood, left, are seen at the Miyazaki Prefectural Government office on Sept. 4, 2017. (Mainichi ...

Sex makes you fat. If you're a female tick, that is. The "truly gluttonous" female ixodid tick increases her weight an astounding 100 times her original size after she mates, so a University of ...

Stock image of a hard-bodied Ixodid tick that causes Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever. This disease has seen recent outbreaks in many countries, and may be moving north across Europe. Stock image ...

Known as severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome, or SFTS, the highly fatal viral hemorrhagic fever spreads to humans through ixodid ticks, which are typically found in mountains, forests and ...

A polymerase chain reaction test confirmed the diagnosis of SFTS, which spreads through ixodid ticks. The institute concluded the doctor contracted the virus from his patient because the viral ...

An ixodid tick is seen in this photo taken from the National Institute of Infectious Diseases website. KYOTO -- The Kyoto Prefectural Government is calling for caution against ixodid ticks after a ...