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Ticks are parasitic bloodsuckers, capable of spreading deadly disease, and they’re becoming increasingly common. Here’s what you need to know about them.

(CNN) — Maybe you spotted one crawling up your leg after a hike through tall grass or felt one on your dog’s back as you ran your hand through its

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If you get bit my a lone star tick, you won't get Lyme Disease, but you may development an allergy to red meat, and they are becoming more common in the area.

The boss of a Silicon Valley-backed proposal to create a new city on dry California farmland insisted he won’t build a “utopian” techie metropolis – and said his billionaire backers are “not at all” concerned by the local public outrage generated by the secretive project.

Foreign Investors Behind Plans for New California City

Foreign Investors Behind Plans for New California City

If you assume the chilly temps make ticks settle in for a long winter’s nap until spring, experts have some surprising news for you. “It’s important to not forget about ticks because even though it’s December or we’re getting right in the midst of winter, ticks can still be active; they’re not killed off by cold temperatures,” Patrick (PJ) Liesch, MS, extension entomologist and director of the Insect Diagnostic Lab at the University of Wisconsin-...

The slick executive leading a Silicon Valley-backed plan to build a utopian city on California farmland reportedly compared to a “snake oil salesman” by angry local residents during a tense town hall about the controversial project.

The U.S. Treasury Department's Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is still investigating the purchase of land near a military base in California, the New York Post reported Sunday.An investment group, Flannery Associates, has spent nearly $1 billion acquiring approximately 52,000 a...