Ticks are active in Fairfax County almost year round, including warm winter days. Lyme disease is still the best known and most common disease spread by ticks in Virginia, but there are others such as ...

The life span of a deer tick is about two years and they develop through three stages: larva, nymph and adult. Their bite is painless and often is unnoticed, but they can carry Lyme disease. Photo ...

These are the mouthparts of two different kinds of ticks. The mouthpart is what a tick uses to bite and latch onto you or your pets. Each mouthpart has a pair of hooked “teeth” for piercing the skin ...

A close-up of a lone star tick, which has eight hairy brown legs, a bulbous brown body, a tiny white splotch on its back, and a small elongated head. Bites from the lone star tick can cause allergies ...

Python.Org is the official source for documentation and beginner guides. Codecademy and Coursera offer interactive courses for learning Python basics. Think Python provides a free e-book for a ...