Pet parents may not notice anything until the disease has progressed significantly. Dogs may show signs like blood-tinged ...

Virginia has reported a dramatic spread in tick-borne illnesses in suburban neighborhoods. It's expected to get worse.

Summer has arrived! Schools are out for summer vacation, and all the great summer activities have begun! The month of May was ...

The Seattle Times does not append comment threads to stories from wire services such as the Associated Press, The New York ...

Check. Trusty, durable leash? Check. You're set for a great outdoor adventure (even if it's a trip to the local park or a walk through the woods behind your street). Yet, vets are begging pet parents ...

Data from the CDC indicates this may be a bad tick season. So if you're planning a hike, a trip to a park or just hanging out in the backyard, here are some tips to fend off these blood-sucking bugs.

Watch us come back with a dog,” I joked to my partner as we packed our things for four months on Mexico’s Pacific coast. As ...

Jacco Boon, a professor at WashU Medicine, holds a lone star tick collected at Tyson Research Center. Lone star ticks can ...

An adorable Yellow Labrador had a super-cute moment with a deer from the neighborhood when the deer decided to give him a ...

As summer temperatures rise and more Delawareans head outdoors, state health and environmental officials are warning of ...

Although tick season reaches its peak from April through September, ticks can be active on warm days at all times of the year for a variety of reasons including suburbanization, ...