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

Analysing the insects could reveal gender, eye colour, hair and skin colour, entomologist Abdul Hafiz Ab Majid told AFP.

When you see a spider in your house, stop and think before you kill it. Spiders do more good for humans than harm.

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.

Chigger bites can resemble other insect bites but tend to itch more intensely. Here’s more about how they look, what to do if ...

In much of the U.S., ticks are nearly unavoidable. While most tick bites are harmless, it's important to know what could ...

A New Jersey man is the first person believed to have died from alpha-gal syndrome, a meat allergy triggered by a tick bite, ...

The 47-year-old man, who was not identified, had two severe reactions hours after eating beef in the summer of 2024.

Introduction: Although human bite injuries occur less frequently than other types of injuries, they present notable public health challenges, yet they have received relatively little attention. This ...

Background: Anthrax, caused by Bacillus anthracis, is endemic in western China’s pastoral regions. Urban areas adjacent to these regions face a growing threat from the unregulated or poorly monitored ...

Close-up of a Golden Retriever. My dogs are shameless beggars when it comes to food. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks — whenever anything resembling even the smallest of meals is present, they turn on ...

Fatal shark bites are vanishingly rare, with fewer than 50 unprovoked shark bites on humans worldwide in 2024, according to the International Shark Attack File at the Florida Museum of Natural History ...