Birds land on deers who don't seem to care. Discover more about this unique relationship between very different animals.

Tick-borne illnesses are on the rise and environmentalists are trying to find eco-friendly ways to combat ticks' ...

though they bite and suck on other animals, including cats and humans. Unfed adult brown dog ticks have a reddish-brown color ...

Two different groups of macaques have been spotted in Japan mounting sika deer. The behavior could be part of a shared ...

One of the nastiest animals on this planet is the tick ... Moreover, roughly one-third of deer ticks in Maryland carry several diseases including Lyme disease. Lastly, the most common ticks ...

Disease-carrying ticks appear to be on the rise in Minnesota, and spreading to parts of the state that didn’t have the bugs as recently as five years ago, state ...

But when a blacklegged tick feeds on an infected host, the tick can get the bacteria that causes Lyme disease and then potentially spread it to humans through its bite. Other animals, like ...

Other animals, like white-tailed deer, are "incompetent hosts," so while they are a food source for blacklegged ticks, they do not transmit the Lyme disease bacteria. Blacklegged ticks typically ...

Other animals, like white-tailed deer, are "incompetent hosts," so while they are a food source for blacklegged ticks, they do not transmit the Lyme disease bacteria. Blacklegged ticks typically ...