The parents of a 2-year-old girl watched their child “needlessly” die at a Georgia hospital after she was bitten by fire ants and then had an allergic reaction, according to a lawsuit they’ve filed ...

These hydrocolloid bug bite patches with soothing ingredients like aloe and witch hazel can reduce itching and speed up ...

Texas is home to four venomous species. Here's everything you should and shouldn't do if one bites you, and how to identify them.

Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, issued an urgent alert about dengue fever, a painful and sometimes deadly mosquito-borne illness common in tropical and subtropical ...

An estimated quadrillion (1,000,000,000,000,000) ants inhabit the planet.

In today’s StarNews, Gareth does a great job explaining how fire ants got to North Carolina in the first place and the ...

Mosquitoes are more than just a nuisance - they can pose serious health risks for our furry friends - mainly through ...

In the best circumstances, mosquito bites are an itchy nuisance. In the worst, they can lead to potentially deadly viruses ...

A team of scientists set out to determine how many ants live on Earth at any given time. The answer is astounding, to say the ...

These Arizona animals can harm or even kill a person with bites or stings. What to know about bark scorpions, black widows, ...

A quiet change in 2014 tied West Nile prevention budget to anti-smoking efforts. Cities and counties won't get that money ...

The statistics the researchers compiled show the use of three types of drugs that work against internal worms and external ...