Keep lawns well-maintained, mow regularly, and remove leaf litter or brush piles that may attract ticks. Consider creating a barrier of gravel or wood chips between your lawn and wooded areas to ...

Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/ Rickettsia (RMSF) Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever/Rickettsia (RMSF) is most often transmitted by the American dog tick in the Eastern, Central and Western United States; by ...

The typical American dog tick (Dermacentor variabilis), the wood tick, is larger than the deer tick. An adult can reach ...

Daniel More, MD, FAAAAI, FACAAI, FACP, is a board-certified allergist and former clinical immunologist at Allergy Partners of the Central California Coast. Ticks are tiny parasites that can ...

Can ash really help to keep ticks out of your grass and garden? The short answer is no, wood ash isn't an effective ...

If you’ve spent more than half a minute in the woods in warmer weather, you are well aware that ticks suck. These multi-legged parasitic arachnids literally suck the blood of their chosen hosts, ...

While most tick bites on humans don’t necessitate medical attention, some, such as the wood tick, deer tick, and others, can harbor harmful germs that lead to diseases like Rocky Mountain ...

We checked with expert Entomologists to learn more about the seasonal habits and life cycle of these backyard pests. To learn more about what we can be doing to manage our property year-round, we ...

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For more than 20 years, historian and broadcaster Michael Wood has made compelling journeys into the past, which have brought history alive for a generation of readers and viewers. He is the ...

Bid goodbye to blemishes on wooden surfaces indoors and out with some of the top wood fillers on the market. Cracks, divots, holes, or rot can crop up on wooden surfaces due to ordinary wear and ...