Ixodes ricinus, the castor bean tick, is a chiefly European species of hard-bodied tick. You probably won’t see a tick as it clings to a blade of grass, but it can see you. The tiny parasites are ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich — With the weather getting a lot nicer, we’re all spending a lot more time outside with our pets, and if you don’t want to end up spending time at the veterinarian's office, you’re ...

If you find an embedded tick on your dog, use a tick removal tool to carefully extract it, aiming to remove the entire tick. "If a small piece gets left behind, it's not the end of the world, but you ...

Climate change and increased outdoor activities are contributing to a rise in tick bites and related ER visits, as ticks thrive in warmer conditions and increased human-nature interactions. Ticks can ...

Hospital visits for tick bites hit record numbers in Massachusetts. Here's what an expert recommends after being bitten.

We all know that spending time in the Kansas outdoors comes with the distinct possibility of finding the occasional tick on ...