The mouth of a tick contains a bunch of backward-pointing barbs that they use to stay put, meaning they are “designed to lock and load,” as Mather puts it. The biters also secrete a cement ...

Instead, you should either place the tick in a sealed bag, wrap it with tape, flush it in the toilet, or put it in alcohol. Once that is done, you should thoroughly clean your hands as well as the ...

Astealthy quest is afoot in the forests of the Netherlands. Sitting atop a blade of grass, biding time till its next blood meal, is a hard tick. It attaches to an exposed leg of an unsuspecting victim ...