The fourth person in the U.S., the third California resident, has been infected with the bacterium Rickettsia lanei.

The rescue dog, named Microsoft Office, is recovering after a blood transfusion and other treatment Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013, covering pets, ...

Police said the dog, named Tony, is “exhausted” and “broken,” and now needs “time, care and a chance to decompress” Wolcott Dog Pound/facebook A dog found on the side of the road was covered in more ...

Just like their humans, every dog is different and has its own unique personality. It takes a period of trial and error to figure out what exactly makes a dog tick ...

Tick activity has been high so far this year, with emergency department visits sparked by the pests reaching levels we ...

With spring officially here, you might be looking forward to flowers, hikes with your beasties, and long summer days outside. Unfortunately, with the warmer weather also comes a dreaded pest: ticks!

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An abandoned puppy who was covered in hundreds of texts and looks completely ragged is getting a second chance at life thanks to ...

It's not unusual for dogs to have ticks, as they can easily attach themselves to their coat while out on walks. Ticks can't jump or fly, so they sit at the tip of grass and plants waiting to brush ...

At a more micro level, the top five tick-infested cities in the U.S., in descending order, are New York City, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, San Francisco and Washington, D.C., according to the report.

A dog with almost 900 ticks stuck to his body was found on the side of the road in Wolcott over the weekend. The dog, named Tony, was found on Wolcott Road by two good Samaritans on Saturday. When ...