A combination of antibiotics is more effective in treating Lyme disease than the commonly prescribed course of a single antibiotic alone.

Researchers have found a way to deploy a molecular "warhead" that can annihilate the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.

A new "subway map" of key metabolic activities of the bacterium that causes Lyme disease could help shed light on new drug targets.

Shelter dogs in the Eastern US may be bearing the brunt of ticks' and mosquitoes' expanding range due to warming temperatures.

Science can protect your dog, but not you. Expert explains why '90s vaccine for humans disappeared and details efforts to develop a new one.

There are arguments over the future of red deer on the Scottish island of South Uist but archaeological expertise can help people live alongside wild animals.

Warm weather means tick season. But that doesn't mean you can't enjoy the great outdoors. Experts have tips that can help.

Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacteria that causes Lyme disease, uses tenacious trial-and-error movements to worm their way in and infect us.

A new ultra-sensitive DNA test that identifies Lyme disease in horses could have applications for dogs and humans, too, researchers report.