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Ticks collected along Umbrella Tree Trail at North Sonoma Regional Park tested positive in pooled samples for the Lyme ...

Ticks collected along Umbrella Tree Trail at North Sonoma Regional Park tested positive in pooled samples for the Lyme disease bacterium — a higher-than-usual signal, even in a small sample. Lyme ...

Ticks have evolved different techniques to survive winter. They stay deep down in the leaf litter close to the forest floor to limit exposure to the cold air. Snow may actually help them by adding ...

You can try to keep ticks and their hosts away from your home by planting species of Artemisia (wormwood), such as absinth wormwood, tarragon, or dusty miller.

Ticks are perhaps scary for their bloodsucking nature, and there are quite a few other insects that look like them. However, those insects are quite different.