Tucked away in a ground-floor lab in Richmond, Virginia, is a bank of industrial freezers containing thousands of transparent, thumb-sized plastic tubes. Each is filled with a clear, yellowish fluid – ...

Moose are seriously tough animals with a solid build and impressive survival skills. Put simply, not many animals can take on a moose effectively. But one small critter is the exception. Wyoming’s ...

Tick found on the author's forearm, March 2024. I recently felt a slight tickle on my left forearm and watched a tiny tick, about the size of a chia seed, crawl up my wrist. Then I recalled walking ...

Ticks don’t just go away in the winter. Ticks can be active anytime the temperature is above freezing, and research shows that tick-borne diseases are on the rise in people and dogs. According to the ...

BOISE, Idaho — Veterinary clinics across Idaho are reporting a significant increase in ticks this year, with some pets arriving with as many as 20 ticks attached. ‘Animals ‘R Us’ in Boise has been ...

Summer on Long Island means sun, surf, sand — and ticks. The increasingly warm winters have made the voracious, tiny critters — which can carry a number of diseases — a year-round problem. But they ...

Ticks are unwelcome visitors to any backyard. The tiny creatures spread nasty diseases that can seriously harm your health, ...

Diseases caused by tick bites are increasing in Michigan, state officials say, and they urge those spending time outdoors to watch for the arachnids while exploring this summer. While the parasites ...

Grace Mills, 18 of Valparaiso, battled Lyme disease and knows all too well the effects of a tick bite. “I started getting sick in the summer of 2018, but we are not completely sure when and where I ...