Spotting a tick on your body can be borderline terrifying. After all, not only can the insect suck your blood, it can also carry a range of potentially serious diseases like Lyme disease and ...

Jake Parks is a freelance science writer and editor for Discover Magazine, who covers everything from the mysteries of the cosmos to the latest in medical research. View Full Profile. Finding a tick ...

Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN’s Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being. Ticks are arachnids, close ...

How to Remove a Tick: Everything You Need to Know: By Anjali Srivastava Ticks are more than just a nuisance. Improper removal can increase the risk of infections or disease. While old tricks like ...

A nurse explained why you should never remove a tick with your fingers. Using your fingers risks the tick regurgitating its stomach contents into your body. Ticks bites can spread diseases including ...

A virus carried by ticks is present in the UK, with NHS England revealing how to avoid bites from the tiny bugs. Health officials say that although the risk of tick-borne encephalitis (TBE) is very ...

Need to know how remove a tick right now? No problem. I’ve got you. Having spent a lifetime outdoors and the last 25 years at an Upstate New York home whose yard is absolutely crawling with the ...

Hunting dogs of all ages and breeds are likely to encounter ticks at some point in their lives. kamontad123 / Adobe Stock “Historically we had a seasonality to our ticks,” Cincinnati-area veterinarian ...