Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Does spit really help with a mosquito bite? And onion with a bee sting? An expert gives answers on how to respond to common insect ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Summertime brings sunshine, more hours outside and an increased risk of bug bites and stings. Insects like mosquitoes, ticks, bees ...

Many of us think of bugs as creepy, wiggly little things that can bite, sting, eat plants and, in general, are a nuisance. Even the word “bug” is used in ...

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show hornets, wasps and bees have killed more people every year for the last five reported years. The new statistics were published Friday.

It can be distressing to wake up with a mysterious swollen red rash on your ankle. Could that rash be an insect bite? And what kind of bug bit you? The answers aren't so easy to figure out. Even for ...

Justin Schmidt, an entomologist, first created the Schmidt sting pain index in 1983 ...

aren’t the only critters with poison potential. Insects also evolved to use venom as a weapon for warding off attackers or immobilizing prey. But instead of using their fangs as a delivery device, ...