After the seesaw temperatures that have defined 2026 so far, spring — which begins on Friday — could be buggy. Summer could be, too.

Gardeners often plant certain herbs hoping they'll help keep pests away. But when it comes to chiggers, one popular garden favorite may not work as expected.

A Pittsburgh woman is left forever changed after being diagnosed with Lyme disease. "I had neurological Lyme. It affected my ...

It's the start of tick season in Massachusetts. Experts say, many of them are on the move right now, and looking for their first meal.

The emergence of alpha-gal syndrome last fall on Block Island has caused the Town of New Shoreham to renew its focus on greatly reducing or eliminating the deer herd on Block Island. While Lyme ...

Study shows many ticks carry several infections, increasing health risks and making diagnosis harder after bites.

More ticks in the U.S. Northeast now carry multiple diseases, raising risks as Lyme and babesiosis co-infections climb.

Alpha-Gal syndrome is a tick-borne allergy to a sugar found in red meat. For some livestock producers, it not only affects their health but also their livelihood.

Tick-borne diseases are on the rise in the northeastern US, with many ticks carrying more than one pathogen, reports a recent analysis published in Ecosphere by researchers at Cary Institute of ...

Today we talk about two insects of local interest: the Southern pine beetle, which are biting our trees, and ticks, which are ...

From the column: "I swear, the farther north you go the mosquitoes get larger. They are the size of aircraft carriers by the time you get to the Boundary Waters." ...

Along with its copper-colored head and catlike vertical pupils, the copperhead is the only species of snake in Delaware that ...