I consider myself a country girl. I grew up in the woods. I took for granted that you could see the stars, hear the hoot of the owl and bobcats calling in the night. The noise of the neighbor’s ...

Q: You recently suggested [in a Naturewatch Column] using guinea fowl to reduce the risk of Lyme disease spread by deer ticks. I tried doing this on my 3-plus acre property in the center of ...

SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 30, 2012 – Turkey raises and releases thousands of non-native guineafowl to eat ticks that carry the deadly Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic fever virus. Yet research suggests guineafowl ...

CALVERTON, N.Y. (CBS Local) - As disease-carrying ticks continue to spread across the country, many Americans are turning to an inventive and all-natural approach to removing ticks: chickens. "Within ...

are the bane of those who frequent the outdoors. They can render the glory of an outing in the woods or along a stream into an ordeal of serious illness, even death. All from a pinprick and the ...