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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.

As Connecticut shivers through a stretch of subfreezing days, it is tempting to assume the cold is quietly solving the ...

Instead of ivy, opt for native groundcover plants like wild strawberry (fragaria virginiana), Virginia creeper ...

The risk for being bitten by a tick infected with bacteria that cause Lyme disease is as high in Ohio as it is for those ...

Wearing protective clothing can reduce the chance of a tick bite. Essential oils may repel ticks, but their effectiveness varies and is short-lived. Nootkatone repels and kills ticks, and is now used ...