Make sure any tick-attractive areas (like especially shady spots or woodpiles) are far away from your patio. You could also try applying personal tick repellents such as Permanone to cloth furniture.

University of Massachusetts Amherst researchers have made a promising discovery that could lead to the development of a natural and effective tick repellent. They have shown that a naturally ...

Like the world’s most effective insect repellent, DEET (Diethyl-meta-toluamide), Permanone trickled down from the military. Soldiers who fight in jungles need a long lasting protection against bugs.

Researchers at Acadia University have made strides in looking at ways to keep Lyme disease-carrying blacklegged ticks from affecting people with some encouraging results from lemongrass essential oil.

Would you apply donkey skin secretion in order to repel ticks? New research shows it could work — and well.

You know that tick bites can be dangerous, so before you head off on your hike you use insect repellent and apply the pesticide permethrin to your clothing. Great, but you’re not out of the ...

Eucalyptus lemon oil is also a recommended repellent. A product that can be used on clothing but not on skin is permethrin (brand names Permanone, Duranon). If you spend a lot of time in tall grass or ...