Award-winning entomologist Dino Martins, known for his work on pollinators, shows in his latest book that even the most gruesome creatures have vital roles to play ...

Transmissible tumors have been reported in a handful of animal species, but never before among fish. Is it possible in humans ...

The cancer manifests as raised black lesions on the fish’s skin, along with lumpy tumors. The cause has long eluded ...

Loiasis, or African eye worm disease, is spread by deerflies. Learn its symptoms, life cycle, treatment, and where it's found ...

Ticks are spreading new diseases faster than ever—and one virus family may already be evading our immune system.

Researchers have discovered a contagious cancer in catfish – just the fourth example of tumour cells that spread naturally ...

Not sure what critter left that bite on your arm? Here's how to tell common bug bites apart.

For more than a decade, there's been something fishy going on in a lake that straddles Vermont and the province of Quebec. It ...

This snake’s toxic bite causes paralysis, which keeps its strong and speedy eel prey from escaping. Yellow-lipped sea kraits, ...

Most people find it off-putting when flies land on the food they’re about to eat. But how much damage can a single housefly really do? This question has two important components, said Kevin Verstrepen ...

The larvae of a beetle native to South and Central America, the critters are the perfect solution to sticky problem: How to ...