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Chelsea Gridley-Smith

Montana News

Surveyors are on the lookout for new tick species in Montana

Aaron Bolton

As human-driven climate change makes winters shorter, ticks are spreading to new parts of the country. And when ticks find hospitable homes, they bring new tick-borne illnesses to the humans who live there. Now, surveyors in Montana are searching for invasive ticks to track and prepare for the diseases they can carry.