One of the simplest ways to keep your pets protected from parasites, including ticks, is to keep them on a preventive approved by your pet's veterinarian. Oral preventatives like NexGard Chews for ...

With the weather slowly warming up, people and pets alike are bound to come across ticks, which could potentially lead to illnesses such as lyme disease. While tick exposure can happen at any time of ...

Every farmer is aware of the negative impacts of ticks on livestock, health, productivity and value. Ticks bite, suck blood (which is their only food) and in the process spread disease causing ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WASHINGTON (AP) — Ticks can be active in any ...

It's officially summer, a time for barbecues, the beach—and protecting yourself against the teeny, tiny black-legged deer ticks that cause most Lyme disease cases. Subscribe to our newsletter for the ...

GREENSBORO, N.C. — As temperatures rise, the tick season starts earlier, lasts longer, and reaches places it hasn't before, including right in your backyard. But the good news is that you can take ...

Woodbridge’s regional animal control officer ended up covered in ticks after helping to save a dog in a wooded area of ...

At the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-borne Disease, Valerie the mannequin shows how light-colored clothing makes it easier to identify ticks. There is a tick on the neckline of her t-shirt.

A new study from the Cary Institute found 10% of ticks sampled carried multiple pathogens, including those that cause Lyme ...

At the Midwest Center of Excellence for Vector-borne Disease, Valerie the mannequin shows how light-colored clothing makes it easier to identify ticks. There is a tick on the neckline of her t-shirt.