The very first thing you want to do after you get bit is wash the bite out with soap and water. This will help remove ...

Gardeners are being urged to use a spoonful of sugar water in their gardens this month as the hot weather returns again. Hot sunny weather had disappeared again in the past week, but in the coming ...

Mosquitoes and crane flies are often confused with one another because they look similar at first glance, and they live in comparable habitats. However, the truth is that they are two completely ...

There are many diseases that mosquitoes can transmit, but HIV isn't one of them. Here's why, and what viruses you do need to watch out for depending on where you live.

A batch of mosquitos trapped by Macon Mosquito Abatement District has tested positive for West Nile Virus. No human cases ...

Nebraska's first reported case of West Nile virus for the 2025 season was detected in the East Central District Health ...

Common garden snails and slugs could now be considered venomous, according to scientists. In a study that shakes up the ...

Garden snails and aphids are venomous animals. This is the startling outcome of a new study that argues for a radical shift ...

A new study released today shakes up the scientific understanding of venom and proposes a radical redefinition that means the saliva of aphids and chemicals released by slugs will join the bites of ...

The radical redefinition of what constitutes venom argues that any secretion that brings about a “negative extended phenotype” in another living thing qualifies. So, fangs or no fangs, if your ...