Have you seen more ticks than usual lately in Delaware? You're not alone. Here's what's up with the state's tick population ...

A Calgary woman says a trip to a provincial campground turned into "a nightmare," after finding out her family was covered in about 30 ticks. In May, Gerri Kunneke, her husband Lloyd Rose, and their ...

They're almost invisible, yet the thought of them can make your skin crawl. Mites, those minuscule relatives of spiders, are ...

They have shown that a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys effectively repels adult Ixodes scapularis ticks—the most frequent human-biting tick in the U.S. Commonly ...

While most people are wary of copperhead snakes and black widow spiders, there are other potentially dangerous creepy crawly ...

Merchant recommends simply using a pair of tweezers. “Grab the tick as close to the skin as possible,” he says. “Gently pull it straight out. It’s going to stick at first, but if you’re ...

We may make money from the links on our site. Learn more› By Annemarie Conte and Doug Mahoney The mere thought of ticks makes our skin crawl. And the diseases they spread are only getting more ...

“Dust mites are a major cause of indoor allergies because they produce waste, in the form of feces or dead skin, right inside ...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys can effectively repel the most common human-biting tick. In fact ...

His recommendation: use tweezers and grab the tick at the lowest possible point on the tick, against the skin, to pull it out ... They do love to burrow. They do love to lay eggs, and they ...