Nobody wants their basement taken over by a horde of humpbacked crickets, thankfully, getting rid of them is a pretty ...

Although an animal’s common name often helps describe its characteristics and/or relationship to other animals, common names can be misleading. One arthropod reported from the periphery of the Rolling ...

These warm summer days can offer a lot of outdoor fun -- but can come with some pesky trouble. People dealing with spider or mosquito bites often find it hard to tell the difference. And it's ...

Apparently the only thing missing from all those great journalistic exposés of the Afghanistan war is a little surrealist whimsy, some precious comic relief from all that torture and Islamophobia. How ...

“1000-Lb Sisters” star Amy Slaton was transported from a Tennessee zoo on Monday, September 2, after allegedly being bitten by a camel. The reality TV personality, 36, was seen on a stretcher leaving ...

Many types of insects bother us during the rainy season, including spiders, a common household insect. Their bites can cause ...

Sun spiders, also known as camel spiders, aren’t actually spiders at all. They have a fearsome reputation and will prey on a variety of insects, ranging from wasps to silverfish. Although sun spiders ...

What seemed like a small bug bite left 16-year-old Noah Johnson bedridden for weeks with failing kidneys and loss of speech Wendy Grossman Kantor is an award-winning journalist who has spent 20 years ...

Amy Slaton-Halterman, star of the TLC reality series “1000-Lb. Sisters,” is facing drug and child endangerment charges after being arrested at a Tennessee zoo, according to authorities. Deputies with ...