Some species of birds like geese save energy by flying in close formation. Airliners could use a similar trick to burn less ...

A comprehensive strategy that combines pharmacological advances, vector control, public outreach to raise awareness and ...

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The Alaska Conservation Foundation invited former President Jimmy Carter to Anchorage for the 25th Anniversary Celebration of ...

Barb Owen Boerger's kimonos and sarongs are pretty, but they're pretty poison to the flies, mosquitoes and pesky bugs that ...

After bursting on the scene as Friday Night Lights ’ hellraising fullback Tim Riggins, Taylor Kitsch tried the fast lane to ...

What's worse, the stomach bug is getting harder to treat. For most of the cases in Toronto and Vancouver, no oral antibiotic therapies work. More severe cases require IV antibiotic treatment ...

Researchers studying crustaceans in Vietnam have identified a new "supergiant" sea bug species that bears a surprising resemblance to a classic movie villain. Deep-sea sea bugs, or the Bathynomus ...

A notoriously contagious stomach bug’s spread through Arlington has public health experts urging extra precautions. An alert about a wave of suspected norovirus cases went out to Arlington ...

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 ...

Researchers named the supergiant sea bug B. vaderi because of the striking resemblance its head bears to the helmet worn by Star Wars antagonist Darth Vader. B. vaderi is an isopod, a type of ...