May marks Lyme Disease Awareness Month, a time to learn how to protect yourself and your loved ones from tick bites. Lyme disease is a bacterial infection spread through the bite of infected ...

It’s spring and you’re likely eager to get out and enjoy the beautiful outdoors. But pause: Warmer weather also ushers in ...

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, Mo. — May 1 is Lyme Disease Awareness Day, and the entire month of May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month. The ...

Climate change and growing deer populations have helped Lyme disease proliferate in New England. But there are several ways ...

For those looking to go outside and enjoy a beautiful spring day, keep in mind that Connecticut is attracting more and more ticks, and those ticks are carrying more and ...

While early predictions have warned of a potential surge in mosquito numbers this summer, some are sounding the alarm on a different bloodsucker – ticks are back in business in parts of Minnesota.

The brown recluse and black widow are the most common venomous spiders in the U.S., Mississippi. What are their habitats?

The CDC also recommends using a DEET concentration of at least 20% to ward off ticks, implying that lower concentrations have reduced effectiveness against such hardier insects. Minimal drawbacks ...

As the weather warms and more people get outdoors to enjoy Ontario’s landscape, a small insect in forests and fields is also reawakening: the tick. But thanks to an Acadia University study, a natural ...

Another study detailed a similar incident in 2022 when a 45-year-old Maine woman discovered a western black-legged tick on her left bicep after walking on a wooded path. Nearly 10 days after the ...

Not only are they sneaky and annoying, the black legged tick ... been published in Current Research in Insect Science. "They mask the ability of the tick to smell a potential host," Dr. Faraone ...