Two more kinds of ticks can cause red meat allergies than previously thought. See the new species, learn where all 3 live, ...

Commercial beekeepers have reported losing around 62% of their colonies over the winter, far higher than the usual honey bee ...

Nitisinone, usually prescribed for metabolic disorders, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood. Researchers have explored a new approach to combat malaria using nitisinone, a drug ...

Skin flakes are hard to digest. It’s like eating hair, or feathers. So dust mites have powerful digestive enzymes to break the skin down. Those enzymes turn up in dust mite poop. And let’s just say ...

Scientists may have found a solution to stop the spread of malaria: poisoning mosquitoes with human blood. New research ...

Explore the potential of nitisinone as a mosquito killer. A new drug shows promise in the fight against malaria-carrying ...

Nitisinone, a drug for rare diseases, kills mosquitoes when present in human blood and may become a new tool to fight malaria ...

From mice performing first aid to birds using antioxidants, animals display remarkable self-medication behaviors that could inspire human medicine.

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Scabies is caused by tiny mites called Sarcoptes scabiei. They spread through skin-to-skin contact, burrowing into the top layer of the skin to feed. This ...

Seventeen people have died and another 32 have been injured in an explosion at the Egyptian capital Cairo. A car driving against traffic hit three other vehicles on Monday, causing the explosion, ...

A federal agency killed a collared wolf that appears to have crossed from Colorado into Wyoming and killed several sheep, government officials said Thursday. The wolf was part of a voter-driven ...