Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Alexis Christine was spending time at her second home in Kansas when an ordinary day took an unexpected turn. The 34-year-old ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A collage of screenshots from a viral video of ticks swarming a deer. A short video posted by Kip Adams, Chief Conservation ...

As Michigan’s weather warms, both ticks and humans are waking up from their winter dormancy – that means they could cross paths. And there’s nothing a tick likes more than to hitchhike on you and your ...

Few things in life are guaranteed. Death. Taxes. Ticks. As we approach the warmer weather of spring and emerge from a mild winter, now is the time to get back into the habit of checking yourself and ...

Deer ticks that can carry Lyme disease are very tiny, as shown here scaled on a dime in their various 24 months of life stages. Photo courtesy of CDC With hunting season in full swing, the threat of ...

There is an increasing need for signs such the one seen here at the entrance to a trail at Mashashimuet Park in Sag Harbor, New York, warning of ticks. (Photo by James Carbone/Newsday RM via Getty ...

Prolonged stretches of cold weather this past winter will not reduce the health risks of tick-borne disease in our region this season. Ticks lay dormant in winter by finding their way under leaf ...

About six years ago when Larry Schubert heard a tick bite can cause a red meat allergy, he didn’t believe it. “There’s no way,” he said. Then, four years ago, he got a bite from a lone star tick while ...

A short video posted by Kip Adams, Chief Conservation Officer at the National Deer Association, has gone viral on social media, and for good reason. The clip shows a dead deer swarming with thousands ...