Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tick crawling on blade of grass - ShishkinStudio/Shutterstock There are plenty of pests that ...

Finding ticks out in the woods is kind of par for the course, but when you find them in your yard, it’s a far worse situation, indeed. Ticks in yards can be caused by many factors, but no matter how ...

One of the easiest ways to reduce ticks is to maintain your yard and its perimeter. About 82 percent of ticks found on lawns are discovered within nine feet of the lawn’s edge. This is especially true ...

With the weather slowly warming up, people and pets alike are bound to come across ticks, which could potentially lead to illnesses such as lyme disease. While tick exposure can happen at any time of ...

Finding a tick in your home or garden can send a shiver down your spine, and your first instinct might be to squash it as fast as possible. But here's one thing you should absolutely avoid: never ...

If you've started noticing fleas, ticks, or both on your pets after time outdoors, there's a good chance that you'll also find these pests on furniture, wood floors, baseboards, carpets, and even ...

PORTSMOUTH — As the Seacoast experiences wet conditions conducive to the proliferation of mosquitoes, the city announced it is continuing its annual mosquito control program, active since April. The ...

Summer is peak tick and mosquito season, and the insects may pose a particularly acute threat this year, experts say. On Monday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued an alert about ...

Research collaboration by the Texas A&M Department of Entomology and the U.S. Department of Agriculture, USDA, creates potential for genetic tools to control disease-spreading ticks. Jason Tidwell is ...