Ticks are a fact of outdoor life throughout the United States. These blood-feeding arachnids (joint-legged invertebrate animals) become active every year after the first frost. While every creature ...

A poppy-seed-sized pest is turning meat-lovers on Martha’s Vineyard into herbivores. A spike over the past decade in the island’s Lone Star tick population has led to a rapid increase in alpha-gal ...

As for ticks, the best way to describe their eggs is to picture tiny caviar. They have a slightly clear appearance and range in color but often look reddish orange or brown. The larvae stage are pale ...

Researchers at the University of Virginia have confirmed the first death associated with a "meat allergy" caused by tick bites. A New Jersey man died last year after an adverse reaction to red meat.

Grace Moeggenborg, a recent graduate of Michigan Technological University, is researching whether balsam fir oil can kill winter ticks – parasites that have been linked to illness and death in ...

Long Star ticks are generally found in the West, but they've recently made the jump to the East Coast, too. (NIAID/) This story originally featured on Outdoor Life. Our love of the outdoors can bring ...

A new, invasive tick species - dangerous to humans, dogs, cats and cattle – may have been uncovered for the first time in Butler County thanks to an Oxford-based veterinarian. Dr. Chantel Raghu told ...

WASHINGTON — A 47-year-old New Jersey man has become the first documented death from alpha-gal syndrome, a red meat allergy triggered by tick bites, according to a case study published Wednesday in ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. If you've started noticing fleas, ticks, or both on your pets after time outdoors, there's a good chance that you'll also find these pests on ...