Justin Timberlake is the latest celebrity to announce he has been battling the 'relentlessly debilitating' disease, which can cause severe symptoms that can persist for years.

The deer tick (Ixodes scapularis), also known as the black-legged tick, is one of the smallest ticks found in forests, shrubs, or tall meadows in the United States.

Tucking your pants into your socks, using insect repellent like DEET or Icaridin, and thoroughly checking your body for ticks ...

The black-legged tick is what you would imagine a “stereotypical” tick to look like, with a light brown body and a darker brown scutum, a hardened plate on the dorsal surface of a tick that ...

The number of black-legged ticks, a species known to carry Lyme disease, is increasing in Saskatchewan. Thanks to warmer winters, tick season is no longer limited to spring. The arachnids, also ...

Black-legged ticks and American dog ticks are widely distributed across the whole state, with residents slightly more likely to encounter the two species in northern New Castle County.