Summer has arrived, and with it increased risk of tick exposure. Places to watch out for include wooded areas and patches with tall grass and bushes, explains Dr. Goudarz Molaei, research scientist ...

Have you ever been mid-hike, when you noticed a few tiny bugs crawling on your shoes...only to realize, OMG they’re ticks? Yeah, it’s the sort of thing that you need to be prepared for, since a tick ...

Are you going for a hike? Don’t forget your bottle of ant musk. A new scientific study suggests that some species of ticks—those Lyme Disease-spreading creepy crawlies—are scared off by pheromones ...

If you’ve been frolicking through the forest, chillin’ at the park, or just enjoying your backyard, you know that nature is home to many creatures, and some of them can be deeply problematic for us ...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys can effectively repel the most common human-biting tick. In fact, they assert ...

Every year, Sam Telford is asked the same question. "How bad will this year's tick season be?" Telford, a professor of infectious diseases and global health at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine ...

It's important to know how to protect yourself. Experts issue warning as risk of dangerous disease surges in US region — here ...

Ticks pose a serious threat to both pets and humans. To prevent these parasites from infesting your garden, you can grow plants that act as natural repellents. To keep ticks away, it's important to ...

There are numerous species of ticks, fewer than 10 of which are known to bite humans. These small, blood-sucking insects can be found everywhere in the United States except Alaska, though they are ...

Over the past several years, we’ve all learned more about the potentially dangerous consequences of being bitten by a tick. Linked previously to infesting animals like deer and moose, those tiny ...