Before your next hike or picnic, make sure you know how to protect your family and pets.

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Keep your furry companions pest-free with these natural alternatives to chemical flea and tick treatments. Make your own homemade flea and tick powder. As an herbalist, I often hear from folks who are ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Have you ever been mid-hike, when you noticed a few tiny bugs crawling on your shoes...only to realize, OMG they’re ticks? Yeah, ...

Warmer weather means many pet owners will be spending extra time outside with their four-legged friends. But that extra time playing outdoors or walking in the woods can mean more exposure to fleas ...

Common symptoms of tick bites include a red spot or rash at the bite site, a full body rash, or a fever. It’s important to seek medical care right away after a tick bite, even if you don’t experience ...

It’s tick season here in New England, and I’ve heard it’s going to be one of the worse ever. It helps to know as much as you can if you are going to learn how to fight off those nasty little creatures ...

Microbiologist Stephen Rich is executive director of the New England Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases, based at UMass Amherst. University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have made a ...

Have you ever been mid-hike, when you noticed a few tiny bugs crawling on your shoes...only to realize, OMG they’re ticks? Yeah, it’s the sort of thing that you need to be prepared for, since a tick ...