In certain types of winter weather, ticks can actually be active and that means they can pose a threat to humans and animals.

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick— also called a deer tick — is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, ...

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while up to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...

A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks carry the bacteria that causes Lyme disease while 20% to 25% of the younger (nymph) blacklegged ...

Male survivors of abuse say they feel "ignored" by the Westminster government because crimes against them are being classified as "violence against women and girls". For the last 15 years ...

Troopers reported finding an adult male dog with stab wounds in its neck and abdomen, a female adult dog in a bedroom that didn’t have access to food and water and a puppy with an untreated eye ...

The authors documented pores in sensory hairs on the legs of adult male spiders. Experiments showed that neurons in these sensory hairs responded to a chemical called a pheromone, which is ...

A video of an owner discovering what his male dog did while the female was in heat quickly went viral on TikTok. Female dogs who have not been spayed go into heat about twice a year, starting when ...