Ticks are perhaps scary for their bloodsucking nature, and there are quite a few other insects that look like them. However, those insects are quite different.

If you’re spending time outdoors, especially during peak tick season, it’s essential to use the best tick repellent products. “There is nothing good that happens when a tick attaches to the human body ...

Welcome to summer in the Northern Hemisphere, with all its fun in the sun – and little critters who want to take a bite out of you. Mosquitoes and ticks can transmit vector-borne illnesses, and they ...

A new study suggests that routine flea and tick treatments could expose native insects to high levels of toxins.

NEW YORK — Tick season is starting across the U.S., and experts are warning the bloodsuckers may be as plentiful as ever. Another mild winter and other favorable factors likely means the 2024 tick ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — One spreads Lyme disease. The bite of another may cause a lifelong meat allergy. And yet another is new in town, having traveled north from warmer climates toting Rocky Mountain ...

YOU TO CHOOSE FROM THIS SUMMER. TO FIND THE BEST BUG SPRAYS, CONSUMER REPORTS PUTS REPELLENTS TO THE ULTIMATE TEST. HAVING REAL PEOPLE STICK THEIR ARMS INTO CAGES FULL OF HUNGRY MOSQUITOES. TESTING ...

ULLIN — Vectors are insects, ticks, rats, mice, birds and other animals that transmit disease-producing organisms to humans. To prevent the human diseases caused by these vectors, the Illinois ...

Beret Leone is a native Minnesotan who joined the WCCO team as a reporter in September 2022 - and she's thrilled be back home in the Twin Cities! Beret grew up in Chaska and graduated from Bethel ...

Winter weather and amount of precipitation may have an impact on the tick and mosquito activity during spring and summer ...