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

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

Long-loathed as itchy household pests, the blood-sucking insects have revealed a darker, more intriguing potential as Malaysian scientists have discovered they can be turned into unlikely ...

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 ...

Many small insects are mistaken for bed bugs. This guide helps identify ten common bugs that look similar but are harmless.

School of Public Health students take to the field to identify pests like mosquitos and ticks to see what disease-causing pathogens they are able to transmit.

A new mosquito species in Colorado is capable of carrying dengue, yellow fever and Zika, while kissing bugs can now carry parasites that cause Chagas disease.

Explore 15 real-world innovations where animal biology inspired modern technology, from robots to raincoats and more.

Explore the fascinating process behind a honeybee sting, from the ratcheting motion of its barbed stinger to the dramatic ...

You hang your laundry outside to dry and come back to find a bee on your pillowcase, a wasp circling your favorite shirt, or ...

Watch out for these bugs once you start venturing out in the warmer weather Bugs are everywhere, and while most are harmless ...