Vinegar, especially 30% “cleaning vinegar” is extremely acidic and can cause chemical burns. This, too, will damage the soil ...

Milder winters and rainy springs help the parasites thrive in the U.S., and emergency-room visits for bites are up.

Summer is here, and that means tick frenzy is, too. Why it matters: Ticks, which are most active in warmer seasons, transmit Lyme disease through bacteria in their bite. The disease causes rash, ...

The number of blacklegged ticks have exploded in the past decade, seemingly getting worse by the year as Canadian seasons get ...

"This year’s nymphal stage blacklegged tick season has started with a real bang," said Neeta Connally, a biology professor at ...

According to Sykes, it takes at least a month for any signs of Lyme disease to appear in a dog (if they have signs at all).

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The risk of being bitten by a tick in New York City is currently extremely high, researchers at Fordham ...

Western blacklegged wood ticks are not commonly found in Alabama but are primarily located along the Pacific coast. As the third tick species known to transmit alpha-gal syndrome, ...

A rare tick-borne virus has killed one and hospitalized two others in Wisconsin so far this year, The News Tribune reports.

While western black-legged ticks (Ixodes pacificus) tend to swarm in large forest preserves, the Lyme-causing bacterium is actually more prevalent in small, isolated patches of greenery. Advertisement ...

The 32 western black-legged ticks all tested negative for Lyme disease. “Tickborne diseases typically will develop only if the tick has been attached to you for over 24 hours, ...

While western black-legged ticks (Ixodes pacificus) tend to swarm in large forest preserves, the Lyme-causing bacterium is actually more prevalent in small, isolated patches of greenery. Advertisement ...