Tag: ticks
3 Insects That Can Make You Really Sick
As summer heats up, more and more people are spending time in the wilderness and taking exotic trips to foreign destinations. However, other things...
8 Reasons Your Dog Loves Chasing His Tail
It’s fun to watch your dog chase his tail — a triumph of hope over experience in trying to catch it.
Tail chasing isn’t always...
Migrating Birds Bring Exotic Ticks to the U.S. New Study Reveals
A very recent study published this month in Applied and Environmental Microbiology (2015) has uncovered that birds are not the only creature migrating north...
Snake Surfs to the Beach (Watch out for These 3 Summer...
On Wednesday May 6th, an unexpected critter was spotted among the sea foam on Jacksonville Beach, Florida.
A surfer spotted the snake and posted...
The Bourbon Virus: Another Reason to Watch Out for Ticks
Some of you may recall the rather sudden and unexpected hospitalization and death of a Kansas farmer last summer. Well, experts have zeroed in...
Beware City Dwellers: Ticks Moving In
Tick season is fully upon us, and it is not just people living in the woody areas of the country that should take precautions...
Is Your Yard Toxic?
With temperatures warming in most parts of the country, it is time for those pesky little fleas and ticks to start biting and re-populating....
