The Hawkins County Health Department is reminding everyone to take precautions to avoid tick bites and tick-borne diseases. Simple precautions, like use of insect repellent and other steps, can help ...

The Asian needle ant is a small dark brown or black ant with lighter orange-brown legs and antennae tips. Even though they are small, their sting is extremely painful and can be dangerous for people ...

When you’ve got the tick, you can drop it into a jar of alcohol to make sure it’s good and dead. I usually put it in a baggie ...

There are several different types of at-home waxes, including wax strips, hot wax, hard wax, sugaring wax, and roll-on wax.

As data shows a nationwide increase in tick bites this spring, make sure you know the symptoms and risks of Lyme disease, a ...

Male strepsipterans develop inside a host insect during their larval stage and, upon reaching the adult stage, emerge from ...

Spiders in your home can be unnerving, but there are DIY strategies and professional solutions to get rid of them.

The tiny, annoying pest can wreak $6 billion in losses annually to U.S. cattle production due to decreased weight gain or ...

Tiny nymphal ticks are most active from March through July as warmer weather brings more people outdoors, experts say ...

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Ancient Earth once buzzed with enormous dragonfly-like insects, and scientists long thought high oxygen levels made their size possible. A new study overturns that idea, revealing insect flight ...

Similar to sunburns, dehydration and rashes from poison ivy, bites from mosquitoes, ticks and other insects are a drawback of being outside when it’s warm. Not to mention, they can carry illnesses ...