Scientists have discovered two new species of ancient parasitic fungi preserved in amber dating back 99 million years. The fungi were growing out of the bodies of host insects that became trapped in ...

Africa's tropical belt, defined by the Guinean forests of west Africa and the Congo Basin of central Africa, is globally ...

Zombie fungi were already controlling insects 100 million years ago, according to a recent study of fossils trapped in ...

Bed bugs, a blood-sucking insect, tend to hide themselves in beds in homes or hotels. Here's how to avoid infestations.

The box tree moth is a non-native, invasive insect that has the potential to cause major damage to one of the most popular ...

The Food and Drug Administration has approved a first of its kind, once-yearly shot designed to protect dogs from fleas and ...

It’s pretty rare, but just like us mammals, some flies actually give live birth. One of them is a parasitic fly species Ormia ochracea ( O. ochracea ). A new study published this week in the Annals of ...

As you spend more time outside and in nature, it’s important to be aware of your surroundings. While ticks might look like insects, they are parasites, which means they feed on the blood of their host ...

The Zoological Survey of India announced the discovery of four parasitic wasp species in West Bengal, expanding insect ...

Researchers at Kyushu University have found that when azuki bean beetles infected with Wolbachia bacteria are exposed to a ...

Fluorescence microscopy reveals patterns of nuclear division in a parasitic fly embryo (Ormia ochracea) within this insect's extraordinary  'uterus'.