are the bane of those who frequent the outdoors. They can render the glory of an outing in the woods or along a stream into an ordeal of serious illness, even death. All from a pinprick and the ...

Brian Athearn, dressed in camouflage, scaled a tree with his crossbow near the West Tisbury headquarters of the Martha’s ...

Texans, beware of the big, bad “lone star” tick this summer. The arachnid is found in the eastern, southeastern, and south-central United States, and if you get bit, it can end your meat-eating habits ...

Are you worried about your kids and pets being exposed to ticks in your own backyard? There is a way to find out where in your yard the blood-sucking pests are hiding out, according to experts. Ticks ...

STORY: In the woods an hour north of New York City, students are on high alert, not for bears or coyotes, but something much smaller: ticks, some the size of a sesame seed. They're dragging cloth ...

If you're exploring Michigan's great outdoors this season, beware of ticks — potential Lyme disease carriers that will bite both people and their pets while looking for a blood meal. While the ...

The mild winter will likely mean a larger tick population this year and an extended season that they are active, experts say. Ticks are tiny, eight-legged creatures that can carry disease. In Michigan ...

If you find a tick on yourself – and this is prime tick season for New Hampshire, unfortunately – a Plymouth nonprofit wants to see it. Since 2017, BeBop Labs has asked people in New Hampshire who ...

MARSHFIELD, Wis. (WSAW) - Ticks might be one of our least favorite creatures. If you find a tick on yourself or your pet, the first reaction may be to squish it or flush it down the toilet, but ...