The deep sea is home to weird and wonderful creatures that, over millions of years, have evolved specific traits to survive the extreme conditions of their habitat. Scientists define the deep sea ...

Ticks are spreading globally and bringing familiar conditions such as Lyme disease with them, as well as totally new ones. Now research is revealing how to prevent and treat the diseases they carry ...

Getting rid of mosquitoes on your property can prevent disease. Learn DIY steps you can take to prevent and kill the insects.

As summer season begins, millions of biting flies are waiting to welcome visitors to northern Michigan. How to keep them away.

Most fabrics are only 1 millimeter thick, if that, but a mosquito’s proboscis (its elongated sucking mouthpart) is 2 millimeters long and can easily penetrate clothing, especially clothing that ...

Pyconogonids, commonly called sea spiders, are marine arthropods that have eight legs and a long mouthpart called a proboscis, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium.

Among the most common tree diseases, you might find in your trees are caused by sooty mold pathogens that feed on sucking insects honeydew.

They both have tubular heads with prominent beaks (a straw-like mouthpart). “In nymphs or adults this beak is used much like a knight’s lance that is plunged into their prey for food or into their ...

The ambush bug captures the wasp in its large forelimbs and pierces it with its beaklike mouthpart. Through that same mouthpart, the bug injects a lethal toxin to liquify the wasp’s innards.

Although the parasite’s barbed mouthpart helps it keep its head buried in flesh, the barbs alone are no match for a host’s vigorous grooming and movement.

These included several small appendages that helped shovel food into the trilobite’s slit-like mouth, and a soft-tissue flap called a labrum that attached to the trilobite’s hard mouthpart and ...

While both black flies and stable flies aren't known to spread disease, you'll want to do whatever you can to avoid their painful bites.