Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. You spent some time outside, and then discovered a bug on your leg. What is it? And should you be concerned? It's estimated that ...

If there is one creature absolutely no one wants to see crawling up their leg, it's the tick. These small, blood-sucking critters are responsible for spreading a number of different diseases, ...

Ticks are commonly found in grassy or wooded areas and can be brought into homes on pets or clothing. Ticks can transmit diseases like Lyme disease, Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever, and alpha-gal ...

As tick populations grow (thanks, climate change) and tickborne diseases like Lyme become more widespread, tick checks have become routine for a lot of us. But do you really know what it means to ...