Each year as the temperature drops and the grass once again turns green, the Butte County Mosquito and Vector Control ...

Lyme disease is an infectious illness caused by the bacteria Borrelia burgdorferi, typically transmitted to humans through ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick- also called a deer tick - is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new Dartmouth study, published in Parasites and Vectors, ...

A new study finds that 50% of adult blacklegged ticks and 25% of the younger ticks in the Northeast US carry the bacteria ...

Across most of the Northeast, getting bitten by a blacklegged tick— also called a deer tick — is a risk during spring, summer, and fall. A new ...

These photos of 11 common bug bites and stings can help you identify what's responsible. Plus, symptoms and expert tips to ...

From restaurants to retail to even pickleball, here are some of the new businesses set to open in DeSoto County in 2025.

ORONO — Ask anyone who frequents the forests of New England and they will likely speak of unwelcome companions — ticks.

Where there are more deer ticks, there is more Lyme disease ... Pulling an unnatural number of deer into a small area increases the chance of disease getting into the herd. Currently, these ...

How long deer live depends on a host of factors, including whether the deer in question are captive or wild, hunted hard or hunted lightly, live in suburbia or in deep wilderness or in a CWD zone ...