PORTLAND (WGME) -- Tick experts are warning Mainers to prepare for an increase in tick populations this spring, following a winter that was not consistently cold enough to reduce their numbers.

It captured heart-wrenching display of animals' struggle against human waste, where deer and cows ate litter mainly containing plastic. Sharing the video on X (formerly Twitter), Nanda wrote ...

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A female deer tick (xodes scapularis), one of the two tick species that spread ehrlichiosis in the U.S. © KPixMining via Shutterstock A person’s precious organ ...

Beyond beating you to your upcoming harvest, deer foraging in your yard poses a health risk to you and your loved ones. Deer ticks can transmit Lyme disease and other potentially dangerous diseases, ...

An icon of a traditional telephone receiver. An icon of a tick mark. An icon of a human eye and eyelashes. An icon of a human eye and eyelashes with a diagonal line through it. A two-lined pause ...

As peckish deer chase delighted tourists in Japan's temple-dotted Nara Park, a quiet but dedicated team of litter-pickers patrols the stone paths, collecting plastic waste that threatens the ...

Deer Tick have shared their raw, powerful cover of the Bruce Springsteen classic “Dancing in the Dark,” recently recorded in the band’s Providence, RI, studio, alongside a visualizer.

Deer Tick has shared “If I Try To Leave,” the final single previewing their anticipated new album Emotional Contracts – produced by Dave Fridmann (The Flaming Lips, Spoon, Sleater-Kinney ...

Early melting of Minnesota’s already limited snow cover this winter coupled with recent warm temperatures have allowed blacklegged ticks, often called the “deer ticks,” to feed across the ...

The number of Minnesotans who became ill from tick-borne diseases jumped to record levels in 2010, including a dramatic increase in human anaplasmosis, state health officials reported today.

When they played Club Uncut at London’s Borderline last December, a night people I know were talking about well into the New Year, Deer Tick noisily essayed the kind of rock’n’roll you don ...