Public health officials on Wednesday, Sept. 17, confirmed the first human cases of West Nile virus in Los Angeles County this year.

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Jakob von Uexküll was a Baltic German biologist ahead of his time, intrigued by the idea that animals inhabit unique ...

Ever wonder what the world looks like to a fly? Discover how insect vision works, why swatting them is so hard, and how this knowledge helps fight disease.

A parasitic disease, which can be fatal, is spreading through an insect in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Trypanosoma cruzi parasite, or T. cruzi, ...

Insects known as “deadly kissing bugs” found in North Carolina are responsible for spreading Chagas disease, an illness that, if left untreated, may cause serious heart and digestive complications.

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A species of insect thought to have been extinct in Britain since 2016 has been found in north Wales. The limnephilus pati, a ...

For more than a decade, wildlife biologists with Fort Indiantown Gap and ZooAmerica have partnered to keep the only known ...

Spotted lanternflies will soon begin laying eggs that hatch in spring. Now is the time to kill their egg masses. Here's how to get rid of them.

Doug Harbin’s written lots of compelling music and he’s experimented with unusual sounds, including sounds from space. So ...