You’ve probably seen it on television before. A large animal like a buffalo allows smaller animals like birds to pick through ...

Dogs that have been outside are susceptible to ticks. Here are the top spots to check your pup for ticks when coming indoors ...

While ticks bite year-round, the deer tick, also known as the black-legged tick, tends to prefer cooler, wetter conditions but more importantly — it is the tick that can carry Lyme disease.

Monday’s record high temperatures have signaled across the area that springtime and warmer temperatures aren’t too far away ...

Soon, we will no longer be seeing wood ticks (also called American dog ticks). It wasn’t that long ago when you couldn’t go outdoors, especially around grassy, weedy areas without attracting a horde ...

Why are tick-borne illnesses on the rise across the U.S. and beyond, and what can we do to control tick outbreaks?

Transmitted through the bite of the black-legged (deer) tick, the vector that spreads Lyme disease, babesiosis is an orphan disease. Babesia infection may persist for at least a year; fatigue is ...

Black-legged ticks can attach to deer during the fall and winter months and use the host animal’s body heat to make it through a cold snap. Dyer encourages pet owners to maintain a consistent ...