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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

“There’s danger in this urban paradise.” Huge carnivorous lizards stalk this popular city park alongside humans The world’s second largest lizard has made this Indonesian park their home – alongside ...

This video examines the tropical banana spider, commonly linked to species known for medically significant venom and unpredictable defensive behavior. Unlike web-building spiders, it actively hunts ...

Tributes pour in for Worcester snake catcher Andre du Preez, who passed away after complications linked to a spider bite that worsened a viral infection ...

The Sydney funnel-web spider, Atrax robustus, has been implicated in most human fatalities caused by funnel-web species, and ...

There have been persistent rumors that Brand New Day is going to be the biggest launchpad for the MCU X-Men yet, with a lot of speculation that the role Stranger Things star Sadie Sink is playing in ...

Imagine walking into tall grass or working barefoot in a field … and suddenly feeling sharp pain on your foot. You've just been bitten by a snake. This is more than a moment of shock; it could be the ...

Demodex mites live inside hair follicles and pores, especially on the face. But despite their reputation, they are not invaders ...