Send ticks packing by clearing away their favorite foods and habitats, and adopting repellents and landscaping techniques they hate. Banish these disease-carrying pests from your property with these simple techniques.

Climate change is making tick-borne illnesses more common, which makes tick prevention strategies even more critical. View Entire Post ›

Consumer Reports’ Paul Hope says a few simple steps can help keep your yard tick-free. It starts with the grass. Ticks love tall grass and dark shaded areas, so CR recommends cutting your grass to about three inches.

As tick season is well underway in Fort Leonard Wood, medical professionals at the General Leonard Wood Army Community

Emergency rooms across the country are seeing a sharp rise in tick bite cases, with July 2025 already hitting the highest number of tick-related ER visits since 2017 -- and the month is only a week old.

Lynne McCormack moved to Chilmark last year and enjoys working at the public library in the small town on Martha’s Vineyard. But this summer, McCormack, an avid hiker, said she’s afraid to explore the trails near her house. “My partner has lived here since the 1970s, and this is the worst tick season he’s ever seen,” McCormack said.

Ticks (Die Zecke) are ectoparasites that feed on the blood of mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians, causing various illnesses in humans and animals alike. They are found in grass, bushes, leaves, and brush, and are increasingly present in urban parks and gardens.

Summer isn’t all fun and games — it’s also the time of year when creepy crawlers, such as mosquitoes and ticks, come out to play. As a result, one mom is urging parents to thoroughly check their babies after she found a tick in her little girl’s ear.

WORCESTER ― The number of ticks in Massachusetts is increasing, according to some experts, and that means the risk of catching a serious disease is rising. "Ticks are more active, and they're biting earlier," said Dr. Sandeep Jubbal, an infectious disease physician at UMass Memorial Health.