A kangaroo gave three Durango police officers a late-night workout after taking an evening hop through the southern Colorado ...

Ticks are parasites, which means they live off a host. They feed on the blood of people and animals. Ticks might look like insects, but they’re arachnids, such as spiders. There are many types ...

A female Gulf Coast tick (Amblyomma maculatum). Female ticks feed on blood, making them vectors for many diseases. © Smith Collection/Gado via Getty New species of ...

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Lyme disease is one of the most prevalent insect-borne diseases in the country, with far more cases each year than other diseases carried by mosquitoes, fleas and ticks, such as the West Nile virus.

The first-ever recorded Northeast case of a tick-borne disease was reported in Connecticut, officials said. Rickettsia parkeri rickettsiosis is a type of spotted fever transmitted through infected ...

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One in 10 pets don't survive tick bites, but new research is helping owners and vets anticipate how dangerous the upcoming season will be. The predictive model, shared publicly for the first time ...

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The first human case of a new tick-borne disease in Connecticut has been confirmed. According to the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, the first locally acquired human case of ...

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