If you find a tick on yourself or a pet, no need to panic. There are ways to safely detach it, even without tweezers.

One of the most common diseases ticks can transfer is Lyme disease, Hayes said. The black-legged tick is the primary vector ...

Joshua Meyerson, medical director for the Health Department of Northwest Michigan, said springtime is when the department ...

Protect yourself from ticks, caution health experts, to all Hoosiers outside in their yards or hiking in the woods.

How soon after you apply flea and tick drops to a dog can you give a dog a bath? —Daily Woods Hiker DEAR DAILY WOODS HIKER: ...

The best way to avoid a tick bite is to stay away from tick habitats. But that's hard for farmers and other outdoor workers ...

As the weather warms up and we start spending more time outdoors, it’s easy to forget about some of the concerns that come ...

Ticks and the pathogens they transmit are a significant concern for both humans and animals alike. Controlling tick populations can be difficult because a large part of their lives are spent off the ...

The American dog tick has a complicated life cycle. Specifically, each development stage feeds on a different host. As soon ...

Local veterinarians want to pass along a message to pet parents about ticks becoming more prevalent in Colorado.

Ticks are parasitic arachnids belonging to the mite superorder Parasitiformes. They can be divided into hard ticks (Ixodidae) ...