Collaborating researchers at the University of Maine sent UMass Amherst more rabbit ticks to test. The test results showed that out of 296 ticks collected from 38 towns in nine counties in Maine, ...

Researchers from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, have discovered ticks in Maine carrying a new strain of bacteria that can cause a life-threatening infection in humans.

Jachym, of Granby, Mass., was killed Monday night. He was a UMass Amherst rising senior and an intern for Congressman Ron Estes of Kansas.