39."I microwaved a Smucker’s Uncrustable for 15 seconds and got a second-degree burn. This is about five days after it ...

Every year, nearly 31 million people in the U.S. are bitten by a tick. Tick-related illnesses like Lyme disease are on the ...

Ticks are most active in summer, the same time people also flock to the woods and prairies where the creatures live.

The American dog tick is found throughout North Carolina, but it is most common in the Piedmont area. What do these ticks look like? The American dog tick is a darker, medium, brownish color as an ...

Ticks can pose a serious danger in NC. What you need to know Evan Moore Mon, May 19, 2025 at 8:47 PM UTC 9 min read ...

You can safely remove ticks by tying a knot around a ticks head with dental floss and popping it off, or use the tines of a fork to slide it in between the tick and your skin to pull it off, Hayes ...

The head will be borrowed into the dog’s skin, so hold it gently, without squeezing it. Step 4: Pull out the tick very slowly , with gentle and steady pressure.

There are misunderstandings surrounding the idea that if a tick attaches to your dog long enough, it will lay its eggs on your pet. These little pests are creepy, but they’re not that creepy.

Whitefish Bay police rescued a dog Feb. 17 after he spent more than an hour with his head stuck in a plastic Milk-Bone container. Police said in a Facebook post Wednesday that the dog, named Lil ...

They explained their dog, named Lil Murphy, got his head stuck in a jar while trying to get the last Milk-Bone treat. Murphy’s owners tried for over an hour to get the jar off the dog’s head.