Its bite resembles that of a flea or tick, but the tiny red chigger is in a class of its own. Here's how to identify the pest ...

Bed bugs – yucky critters that crawl around in the dark and bite, sucking blood and leaving a mess – are tenacious and hard to get rid of, but there are steps a person can take. The insect can be ...

Ever since the Osage Nation received a grant totaling over $19 million, the Department of Natural Resources has been trying ...

BELCHERTOWN — The Massachusetts Department of Public Health announced that a mosquito sample from Belchertown tested positive ...

Hong Kong health authorities have announced tightened border control measures to prepare for imported cases of chikungunya fever, as mainland China is battling an outbreak of the mosquito-borne ...

At first glance, the water shrew appears to be a typical resident of our gardens. But appearances can be deceiving–it is one of the few venomous mammals in Germany, as MyHomebook reports. Anyone who ...

Like most species of all kinds — even the demented skeeter — these pests play important roles in ecosystems. But what a nuisance to all of us. For many, many years, the mosquito was just an irritating ...

Emergency room visits in Maryland from tick bites have reached an all-time high because of climate change and urbanization.

Noah Johnson, 16, was bitten by a spider, which caused a wound that quickly became infected and was resistant to antibiotics.

In 2018, a Corpus Christi man beheaded a rattlesnake that was prowling around his yard. As the man bent down to dispose of ...

Other common symptoms of a tick bite include sudden fever, chills, fatigue, headache and muscle or joint pain. “Gastrointestinal symptoms such as nausea, vomiting and abdominal pain may also occur, ...