Treating a bug bite or sting will usually relieve symptoms of pain, itching, swelling, and minor irritation. The first step is to better understand the type of insects common to North America and what ...
No matter how careful you are about animals in your home, or how much care you take when you are outdoors, animal and insect bites and stings are sometimes unavoidable. Fleas, mites, and chiggers ...
Recent research has focused on understanding how different insects, particularly katydids and crickets, have evolved their auditory mechanisms to enhance their survival, particularly in the ...
A woman who woke up with a bug bite was forced to have her fingers and toes amputated after her organs shut down. Cathrine Abbott-Coetzee believed she had a relatively harmless mosquito bite but ...
Most spider bites cause local pain, redness and swelling. It's much like a bee sting reaction. A few spiders (such as the Black Widow) can cause a more severe reaction. Helpful if spider seen on the ...
However, their social characteristics and abilities don’t overshadow their true nature, they help to explain it. Cats are obligate carnivores and thus have quite a powerful bite, which many a cat ...
A woman was left fighting for her life after a tick bite caused her organs to shut down, and left her losing her fingers and toes. Cathrine Abbott-Coetzee woke up one morning with a bite on her ...