Despite strong efforts by public health officials to warn our citizens about the risks, tick-borne disease cases are rising ...

First identified in 1957 in the Kyasanur forest of Karnataka’s Shivamogga district, KFD has since become a seasonal public ...

A HIGH court judge has dismissed a dog owner’s urgent application to reclaim his pet, who was found trapped in a drain, starving and infested with fleas and ticks, while he was on holiday in Durban.

The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announces a shift in New World screwworm sterile fly dispersal efforts into Texas to stop the northern spread ...

What to know, what to watch for, and when to act.

Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a disaster declaration for the New World Screwworm as cases have been reported roughly 70 miles ...

Mitchell Consky’s dog, Charley, was overweight, arthritic and 91 in dog years. He didn’t know his life was about to change ...

A fourth property in the tick-free zone has been placed in lockdown after cattle ticks were detected on their animals, with the source of the outbreak still a mystery.

Alpha-gal syndrome, a tickborne allergy to red meat and dairy, has become more common in the last few years. The condition ...

New world screwworm is a parasitic fly. Unlike most flies that lay eggs on dead tissue, this one lays its eggs in open wounds ...

Escher Cattle learned early on about his passion for insects and comics. Now he brings both to his new role as Barnstable ...

Usually, the only things you want to bring home from a vacation are a tan, good memories, and some souvenirs. Unfortunately, ...