Nobody wants to step into their yard just to find they've picked up a straggler only moments later. Although their small size may make them seem harmless, ticks can pose quite a risk, with some ticks ...

Once confined to the Southeast, aggressive lone star ticks have expanded across North America due to warming climates and growing deer populations. Their bites can transmit alpha-gal, a severe allergy ...

Lily Gallagher, Androscoggin Valley Soil and Water Conservation District education coordinator, speaks about tick and pest mitigation through landscape techniques last Tuesday at the Auburn Public ...

Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the United States. Lyme disease is the most commonly reported, with nearly half a million people diagnosed each year. Caused by the bacterium Borrelia ...