The unofficial start to summer is finally here. You’ve just returned from a day trip to the hiking trails, or from the park with your children or pets. Before you sit down inside to relax, you check ...

First and foremost, it is crucial to do all you can to avoid tick bites as this is the best defense against tick-borne diseases. To begin with, it is important to know where to expect ticks. Ticks ...

As spring and summer roll in, ticks become a prominent issue when enjoying the great outdoors or meandering through tall grass. Though it's unnecessary to completely halt outdoor adventures due to the ...

As tick populations grow (thanks, climate change) and tickborne diseases like Lyme become more widespread, tick checks have become routine for a lot of us. But do you really know what it means to ...

Once found mainly in New England and pockets of the Midwest, disease-spreading ticks are now appearing in more places across the U.S. Emergency room visits for tick bites are at their highest levels ...

In Western New York, deer season is over, the venison is processed and stored, deer camps are quiet, and many hunters turn ...

SIOUX CITY (KTIV) - It’s tick season in Iowa. There are more than a dozen species of ticks that can be found in Iowa, according to Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, and these ticks are ...