Consumer Reports Shares Tips to Protect Yourself, Pets From Ticks

There's a Shocking Reason Ticks Are So Dangerous (It's Us)

When you think about ticks, you might picture nightmarish little parasites, stalking you on weekend hikes or afternoons in the park.

Consumer Reports shares tips to protect yourself, pets from ticks

While it's common to expect ticks on a hike through the woods, they could also be hiding much closer, in your own backyard.

Tick-borne diseases are booming – but we have new ways to fight them

Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones. Now research is revealing how to prevent and treat the diseases they carry

Ticks carry decades of history in each troublesome bite

The black-legged tick, or deer tick, _Ixodes scapularis_, can transmit Lyme disease and other health hazards. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and PreventionWhen you think about ticks, you might picture nightmarish little parasites, stalking you on weekend hikes or afternoons in the park. Your fear is well-founded. Tick-borne diseases are the most prevalent vector-borne diseases – those transmitted by living organisms – in the United States. Eac…

How To Protect Your Property With DIY Tick Tubes

OutdoorHub How To Protect Your Property With DIY Tick Tubes It is very difficult to overstate the impact that tick-borne diseases have had on North America’s outdoors scene over the past couple of decades. We’ve gone from “What the heck is Lyme’s Disease” to carefully—very carefully—dressing to keep these parasitic arachnids at bay when we’re outdoors, and treating ourselves with insect repellent to boot. It might seem like a lot of fuss, but if…