Red meat allergy, or alpha-gal syndrome, was first reported in 2009 and is still relatively rare but is on the rise.

There’s nothing fancy about tick hunting. When University of Pittsburgh professor Danielle Tufts and her team of public health students go out, they bring just a few things: A white jumpsuit, a pair ...

It’s hard to overlook the brilliant orange and black wings of a monarch butterfly as it moves through a garden of flowers. It’s also hard to believe that the life cycle of this incredibly colorful ...

Even though ticks are small, they can cause some pretty serious problems. Although they might look like insects, they are actually classified as parasitic arachnids that are part of the mite ...

Vett Lloyd, a professor at Mount Allison University and the head of the Lloyd Tick Lab, explains what can be done to avoid ticks and what to do if you find one on you or your pet.

What do ticks look like? Ticks come in a variety of shapes and sizes, but all of them have the potential to make people sick with diseases like Lyme's Disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever and ...