Technically, all spiders are at least slightly venomous. However, the vast majority of species in the United States are not considered medically significant. Most cases of spider bites that require ...

America’s wandering spider is a highly venomous species increasingly reported in parts of North America, challenging ...

The wandering spider is a venomous species known for actively roaming rather than remaining in a fixed web, increasing the chance of unexpected human contact . Its bite can deliver medically ...

A newly published study co-authored by University of South Florida alum Louis Coticchio and USF integrative biologist Deby Cassill challenges long-standing assumptions about the brown recluse spider, ...

So when a tick bites, alpha-gal enters the blood stream and in some people prompts the body to produce molecules associated ...

An Australian teenager died of a tick-induced red meat allergy on a camping trip after eating sausages.

Mosquitoes have been biting people for more than a million years and probably much longer. An analysis of 38 modern mosquitoes’ DNA suggests an ancestral mosquito species developed a preference for ...

Tourette’s syndrome is a neurodevelopmental disorder tied to disruptions in the brain circuits that regulate movement and habit formation. The disorder starts in childhood and is characterized by ...

The University of Missouri is on the front lines of helping patients with alpha-gal syndrome - a potentially life-threatening red-meat allergy caused by lone star tick bites. With no official ...

If we define scared as reacting in response to a threat, then the evidence suggests a resounding yes. I’ll say it louder for ...