Bringing home a new puppy is a joyful milestone—full of excitement, cuddles, and firsts. But that happiness can quickly turn to concern if your pup suddenly falls ill. Among the most common (and ...

One of the simplest ways to keep your pets protected from parasites, including ticks, is to keep them on a preventive approved by your pet's veterinarian. Oral preventatives like NexGard Chews for ...

The most common tick in our area is the blacklegged tick, also known as deer ticks. They’re extremely small from larvae stage through adulthood.

After that second meal, the tick molts again and becomes an adult. Adult ticks are most active in the fall and again in early ...

Tick season is officially here. A recent population boom of white-footed mice has led to an increase in ticks in the Northeast, which feed on mice blood and can acquire the bacteria that cause Lyme ...

University of Arizona entomology professor Kathleen Walker is leading the Great Arizona Tick check, part of a project to map the distribution of ticks and the diseases they carry. Ticks can carry ...