To know what a tropical bird is, you first have to know where the tropics are. The tropics form a band around the equator, ...

An 8-year-old girl in China vomited worms for a month before doctors found drain fly larvae from household water were the cause.

Some of the most intriguing science fiction springs from eerie, real-life phenomena. Case in point, the mutant parasite in ...

Waking up to the songs of birds and having a delightful time in your back garden can be a great start to your day. Watching ...

Manila, one of the world's most densely-populated cities, is set to declare a health emergency due to mounds of uncollected ...

UK households are told keeping windows and doors shut is one of the most effective methods of preventing flying insects from ...

Residents are advised to keep their windows shut during periods when flying ants are prevalent to prevent infestations at ...

Flying ants have been spotted in Oldham – but there's no cause for concern. Swarms of flying ants are a common occurrence ...

In May 2025, the USDA suspended imports of live cattle, bison, and equines from Mexico due to the spread of New World Screwworm. Since then the USDA and Mexico's governmental agencies have invested in ...

A widely-used agricultural chemical sprayed on fruits and vegetables to prevent fungal disease is also killing beneficial ...

In the 1940s and 1950s, cowboys carried a stick to treat cattle infested with screwworms. The stick was used to scrape the ...

An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...