Most people think of danger as something that exists far away in jungles, oceans, deserts, or isolated wilderness. Yet some ...

The campaign urges pet owners to follow three simple steps to help limit environmental impacts while continuing to protect ...

Deep in the Amazon, a giant leech lurks, quietly feeding off victims in rivers and swampy waters, largely unseen.

While skin bone plates are well studied in crocodylians (shown here in a gharial, in purple), their presence in lizards and ...

Experts warn ticks carrying Lyme disease and other illnesses are becoming more common in backyards and neighborhoods, ...

European researchers have diagnosed a number of men who have sex with other men with a skin disease that normally infects ...

Spotting a tiny bug on your body can immediately trigger panic about lice, whether it was found in your hair or not. However, ...

Tarantula hawk wasps have one of the worst stings of all insects. While not deadly to people, the pain can last for hours.

I try not to actively dislike any living creature. After all, you can find redeeming qualities in almost all of them. However, I’m having a hard time coming up with something nice to say about ticks.

A creature may start its life inside the transparent jelly planet of an egg, hanging in the green galaxy of a leaf’s ...

While not dangerous in the same way blood-sucking pests are, they still aren't guests you want to host.

Similar to sunburns, dehydration and rashes from poison ivy, bites from mosquitoes, ticks and other insects are a drawback of being outside when it’s warm. Not to mention, they can carry illnesses ...