Having fleas and ticks in and around your home can be worrisome especially for those of us with pets. Though fleas (photo on left, above) and ticks (photo on right) both feed on the blood of mammals, ...

“Ticks are the most dangerous pests lurking in leaf piles, as they can transmit diseases like Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain ...

Learn about the most common fall pests, their signs and effective removal tips to keep your home pest-free this season.

While the website www.alphagalinformation.org offers lots of information, the only means of preventing the allergy is to prevent the tick bite in the first place. “Tick risk is year-round, and tick ...

Of the ticks collected, about 4,200 or more than 75% are the American dog, or wood tick. The majority of the remainder are the deer, or blacklegged tick. Much of that difference is likely due to ...

Ticks are small dangerous parasites that live in tall grass waiting for a host animal to walk by. These insects consume the ...

Deer ticks, or black-legged ticks, like the one seen in this file photo can transmit Lyme disease through a bite. Scott Baurer USDA This story and visualization are part of our new “Data In Your ...

The prevalence of the disease, which is spread to people through the bite of a blacklegged tick, or a deer tick, has increased dramatically since the U.S. first began tracking the disease in 1991.

The prevalence of the disease, which is spread to people through the bite of a blacklegged tick, or a deer tick, has increased dramatically since the U.S. first began tracking the disease in 1991.

Christine Longette never imagined tick bites would lead to a life-threatening ... Catherine Monteleone, an allergist at Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick.

Of the ticks collected, about 4,200 or more than 75% are the American dog (wood) tick and the majority of the remainder are the deer (blacklegged) tick. Much of that difference is likely due to ...