No one wants ticks in their yard. But when it comes to fending them off, plants are a great alternative to insecticides or harsh chemicals. Besides, ticks are so hardy that if an insecticide kills ...

The arrival of summer means that it's tick season, so gardeners are busy looking for ways to repel these disease-carrying insects to keep their family safe from the harmful effects of tick bites. In ...

One of the easiest ways to reduce ticks is to maintain your yard and its perimeter. About 82 percent of ticks found on lawns are discovered within nine feet of the lawn’s edge. This is especially true ...

Ticks pose a serious threat to both pets and humans. To prevent these parasites from infesting your garden, you can grow plants that act as natural repellents. To keep ticks away, it's important to ...

Researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst say a naturally occurring compound secreted by the skin of donkeys can effectively repel the most common human-biting tick. In fact, they assert ...

It turns out that donkeys are exceptionally good at repelling deer ticks. Now, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMA) have harnessed that ability to create a natural bug ...

Courtesy of Jane Derderian / New England Center of Excellence in Vector-borne Diseases As tick season gets underway, scientists at the University of Massachusetts have discovered the potential of a ...

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