It turns out that donkeys are exceptionally good at repelling deer ticks. Now, researchers at the University of Massachusetts ...

A CDC-funded research center based at UMass Amherst is looking for natural alternatives to chemical tick repellants, and they ...

Ticks are arthropods, not insects, and can transmit diseases like Lyme disease. Ticks inhabit areas with tall grass, shrubs, ...

To find the best bug sprays, Consumer Reports put repellents to the ultimate test–having real people stick their arms into ...

To find the best bug sprays, Consumer Reports put repellents to the ultimate test -- having real people stick their arms into cages full of hungry mosquitoes.

A tick that's rapidly spreading through Pennsylvania and elsewhere was found to carry a potentially dangerous bacterium.