Under glaring laboratory lights, a research assistant extends his forearm and carefully inverts a mesh-topped container onto ...

You've probably experienced the feeling, a little itchy crawling sensation like there might be something on your skin. Then suddenly there's a sharper feeling and you rub or swat at the area, but when ...

Researchers from the University of Florida Emerging Pathogens Institute and Texas A&M University recently gathered their resources to investigate the potential of vector-borne transmission of Chagas ...

Under glaring laboratory lights, a research assistant extends his forearm and carefully inverts a mesh-topped container onto his skin to allow a wriggling mass of bed bugs to feed on his blood, all in ...

Humans were letting the bed bugs bite long before beds existed, and while they do live on other species, we're the main reason this notorious parasite is still going strong. In fact, bed bugs might ...

In a bid to understand why mosquitoes may be more attracted to one human than another, researchers say they have mapped specialized receptors on the insects' nerve cells that are able to fine-tune ...

There are approximately 260 stink bug species that can be found in Canada and the U.S., according to Terminix. The invasive species is native to East Asia, but has made its way beyond this origin ...

Pillows are gross, science confirms. How gross, you ask? Well, according to a new study by British health care provider Barts and the London NHS Trust, "up to a third of the weight of your pillow ...