Parasite-infected insects are creeping closer to El Paso homes, with research now showing a sharp rise in infection rates among triatomine bugs collected near the U.S.-Mexico border. University of ...

They are known as "kissing bugs," but instead of spreading love, they transmit a parasitic disease that can be deadly. Chagas disease is considered endemic; it's present in 21 countries in the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. But the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is calling for residents in the Palmetto State to keep an eye out for another ...

Living on a diet of blood requires some specific adaptations, such as a way to keep the food source flowing. To prevent their meal from turning into an indigestible clot, mosquitoes evolved very ...

Livestock including horses, pigs, cows, sheep and goats are highly susceptible to insects and the parasites they carry this time of year. Texas A&M University While rain followed by sunshine produces ...

Parasitic wasps of the genus Trichogramma are among the smallest insects in the world—yet they play an important role in ...