Why are tick-borne illnesses on the rise across the U.S. and beyond, and what can we do to control tick outbreaks?

Deer ticks tend to prefer a specific elevation ... The tube on the left contains tick larvae. (Amanda Bradford/Contributed) ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick-- also called a deer tick -- is a risk during ... after they hatch into larvae in the midsummer of their first year; as nymphs ...

Soon, we will no longer be seeing wood ticks (also called American dog ticks). It wasn’t that long ago when you couldn’t go outdoors, especially around grassy, weedy areas without attracting a horde ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick— also called a deer tick — is a risk during spring ... after they hatch into larvae in the midsummer of their first year; as nymphs ...

Larvae were tapped down by placing an index finger over the ... burgdorferi transmission and acquisition through deer tick (Ixodes scapularis) feeding on mice. This methods manuscript will help bridge ...

It also treats and controls ear mites, roundworms, hookworms, and black-legged (deer), Gulf Coast ... protection against adult fleas, flea larvae, and ticks. The Seresto Flea and Tick Collar ...

The deer follow the monkeys around, eating food they drop out of the trees, as well as nibbling on the monkeys’ feces. The macaques, in turn, munch on nutritious ticks and other parasites that ...

An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. An icon of a tick mark. An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. A two-lined pause ...

I’ve often said that the best deer rifle is the one you already own. That rifle, if not an actual treasure, has one quality that no other firearm can match — the experiences and memories it helped ...