The wood tick (dog tick) is the size of an apple seed. After feeding, it can double or triple in size. Sometimes, it can pass on Rocky Mountain spotted fever or Colorado tick fever. The deer tick is ...

Because ticks do carry disease, don't minimize the importance of choosing a reliable solution to protect your yard. You should consider introducing the nutrient-rich wonders of wood ash to your ...

And it will stay there for several days. A tick can carry a variety of diseases, some of which can be serious. Usually, you can recover fully and quickly with early treatment. That means you need ...

Lyme disease can result in more serious symptoms if left untreated. Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever: This disease is carried by a bacterium and can be transmitted by the bites of dog or wood ticks.

(BDN) -- Maine saw a record-breaking number of tick-borne disease cases in 2024 for a second year in a row. Between January and December, 3,218 cases of Lyme disease were reported, according to ...

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while up to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...

and Rocky Mountain wood ticks, among others. The pests are the primary cause of a wide variety of diseases that include Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain spotted fever, Colorado tick fever, and tick ...

These spots are ideal for bead-size parasites called ticks, which can transmit diseases as they latch on to humans and feed on their blood. While Singapore does not require doctors to report tick ...

A new red blood cell parasite, Theileria orientalis Ikeda, associated with the invasive Asian longhorned tick has been detected in Kansas. This parasite causes a disease called theileria ...

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...