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 ...

Insects may not be your favorite type of animal but they are vital for the survival of our planet. Rather than being ...

You might instinctively assume carnivorous predators like lions, tigers, and bears top the list of most dangerous animals on Earth when it comes to killing humans, but you may be surprised to learn ...

An Australian teenager with a tick-induced red meat allergy died on a camping trip after eating sausages. Jeremy Webb, a 16-year-old from the Central Coast of Australia, died in 2022 after he suffered ...

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