ticks

I live here in New Hampshire and this list is scary enough for me to run around in pants the entire tick season.

Health officials say tick populations will explode this summer, putting you at a greater risk of Lyme Disease. Here's how to stay safe.

Who knew the life changing effect one of those sticky lint rollers could have on your family during tick season? Our friends at Farmer's Almanac did! Keep one around and roll it across your skin, clothes, and your pet's fur to pick up ticks...

With the dawning of spring days in Maine, that means folks will be out riding and walking in the woods. What's the most dangerous critter you've seen there?

Researchers who were out looking for ticks say they were finding a one every square foot or so in the woods in Cape Elizabeth. Vector Ecologist Chuck Lubelczyk said deer ticks, which can carry Lyme Disease, thrive in damp climates. If Maine continues to have a rainy spring, the ticks could continue to increase their numbers...

With warmer weather coming, it's time to start thinking about those little pests that come with it. Ticks. those gross little blood drinking bugs that bury their head under your or your pets skin and drinks your blood until they are five times their original size...

New England residents are already encountering ticks thanks to a warm winter that's going to extend the season for the blood-sucking arachnids.

It is now officially tick season in Maine, and with that, health officials say there is an increased risk for Lyme disease across the state. According to the Maine Center for Disease Control, the state suffered a record high of nearly 1,1000 cases of tick related disease in 2012, with the likelihood of that record being squashed this summer when diseased ticks are the most prevalent.