THE SMALL COMMUNITY OF RABBIT HASH IN BOONE COUNTY, KENTUCKY, HAS ELECTED ITS NEW MAYOR. MEET MAYOR BOONE. HE’S A DOG. THE BLUE TICK COONHOUND EARNED MORE THAN 14,000 VOTES. BOONE’S OWNERS SAY HE RAN ...

A new four-legged "pawlitician" is taking over as mayor in the small Kentucky town of Rabbit Hash. Boone, a Bluetick Coonhound, was elected as top dog in this year's election with about 54% of the ...

Researchers said that they found rabbit ticks in Maine carrying a new type of bacteria that can cause spotted fever rickettsioses (SFR), an infection that can be deadly in humans. They found the ...

University of Massachusetts researchers have uncovered rabbit ticks in Maine that harbor a new strain of bacteria related to pathogens known to cause spotted fever in ...