You probably don’t look like an insect. You don’t have feelers or wings. You keep your skeleton inside your body instead of on the outside. But what about blood? Do insects have blood like yours? I ...

When you swat an insect, do you see a fountain of red blood smeared on your hand? Not unless you’ve killed a full mosquito. Bug goo is generally green-blue, and that can tell us something about why ...

I love taking selfies with my insect friends. They’re so tiny and look so different from me. But my friend Rich Zack told me that insects and humans have lots in common. He’s an insect scientist at ...

A kissing bug gorges on your blood. Then it poops on you. And that poop might contain the parasite that causes Chagas disease, which can be deadly. Without knowing it, millions of people have gotten ...

Tanya Latty receives research grants from the Australian Research Council, AgriFutures Australia, and the Branco Weiss Society in Science fellowship. Great question, Sita! The short answer is ants ...

BLACKSBURG — Insects do all sorts of acrobatics, buzzing about flowers or creeping along the undersides of leaves. But until recently, no one paid much mind to how gravity affects their tiny bodies.

Everything gets a spooky makeover in October: Your home. Your pets. Even your dessert choices. And hey, wouldn’t you know it? Artisan ice cream makers and purveyors Salt & Straw’s October ice cream ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- The recently confirmed case of a kissing bug biting a girl’s face in Delaware has heightened fears about Chagas, the disease spread by the blood-sucking insect that has made its ...

The bug can cause a rare parasitic disease that can lead to heart failure. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed a 2018 case in which a blood-sucking insect known as a "kissing ...

A new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) suggests blood-sucking ‘kissing bugs’ have carried a dangerous parasite across 32 U.S. states. The report suggests as many as 300,000 people ...

Public health officials have confirmed the presence of the so-called kissing bug in Delaware for the first time in the state's history. The insect—Triatoma sanguisuga—is a blood-sucking creature that ...

Approved insect species provide high-quality protein, healthy fats, and micronutrients and can be incorporated into familiar ...