Researchers discover that insect sex systems influence the speed of mitochondrial evolution, impacting biodiversity tracking ...

As predictable as cool fall nights and Chiefs sweatshirts around Kansas City, I know my window screens will be covered with tiny bugs. These black specks show up each autumn, congregating on my ...

Chagas disease, a potentially deadly condition caused by a parasite carried by insects called kissing bugs, should now be considered endemic in the United States, experts say – and without recognition ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a Tuesday report in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal raising awareness about the deadly “kissing bug” disease also known as ...

People in Florida are having to worry about a unique disease-carrying insect known as the kissing bug. New research shows these bugs are often loaded with a parasite that can cause a chronic, ...

Discover interesting facts about insects, the critters whose combined weight on the planet is 70 times that of all humans. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

SINCE Saunders published his “Hemiptera-Heteroptera of the British Islands” in 1892 much knowledge has accumulated relating to “bugs,” and Mr. Butler deserves well of biologists that he has brought ...

The vast majority of people use the words bug and insect interchangeably. Did you know that those terms actually refer to specific groups of creatures? More importantly, are you ready to learn the ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Like clockwork, every fall they want in. The best way to identify boxelder trees is to examine their leaves and seeds on female trees. (Nancy Downs, Colorado ...