Massachusetts is extending hunting season on Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.

As climate change profoundly alters ecosystems in North America, a small parasite is wreaking havoc: the winter tick. This ...

FILE - This undated photo provided by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows a blacklegged tick, also known as a deer tick, a carrier of Lyme disease. (CDC via AP, File) ...

Local experts, hospital executives, hunters, and state officials all gathered in one room Wednesday afternoon to discuss the ...

Brian Athearn, dressed in camouflage, scaled a tree with his crossbow near the West Tisbury headquarters of the Martha’s ...

Deer ticks that can carry Lyme disease are very tiny, as shown here scaled on a dime in their various 24 months of life stages. Photo courtesy of CDC With hunting season in full swing, the threat of ...

Shawn Luchtel was walking behind his house in west-central Missouri on Tuesday when he spotted a fawn. The deer was tucked into a dry creek bed and, like most young fawns, it stayed put instead of ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Another creature could already be lurking in your lawn and cause problems for your pet. The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District said they found their first deer tick of the year on ...

Deer Tick are on tour with Al Olender this summer supporting their new EP Contractual Obligations, which came out this past Friday, and they were just in the NYC-area for a few shows. After a ...

No bucks given! It’s the fawn of a new day in the Bay State as officials reveal a calen-deer to expand hunting season where ...