When our ancestors first gathered in the world's earliest cities 10,000 years ago, they weren't alone. Tiny, blood-sucking ...

Numerous insects, including mites, lice, fleas, ticks, and bed bugs, can inhabit or visit the human body. These creatures ...

That just about seems to be the case with this cat, who woke up from a nap with a bed head and a brain that couldn’t process information. Walter’s mom shared a hilarious video of him moments ...

Bed bugs may be humanity’s oldest known pest, having first made the leap from animal hosts to early human relatives more than 60,000 years ago. A new genomic study suggests they transitioned from bats ...

As Brits pack their bags for long-awaited summer holidays, experts are warning travellers to stay vigilant and avoid bringing home an unwelcome and costly souvenir – bed bugs. Did you know with an ...

As Brits pack their bags for long-awaited summer holidays, experts are warning travellers to stay vigilant and avoid bringing home an unwelcome and costly souvenir – bed bugs. Did you know with ...

Bed bugs and humans go way back – possibly further than most people would care to know. Around 60,000 years ago, a few adventurous bed bugs decided to latch onto Neanderthals who were emerging from ...

Ever since a few enterprising bed bugs hopped off a bat and attached themselves to a Neanderthal walking out of a cave 60,000 years ago, bed bugs have enjoyed a thriving relationship with their human ...

The life cycle of lice occurs ... spread is through head-to-head contact. This interaction is common during playtime at school, home, parties, and playgrounds. Lying on the bed, couch, or carpet ...

Head lice move rapidly, traveling up to 23 cm/min, by grasping hairs and generally remaining close to the scalp (Ko & Elston, 2004). The female head louse lays eggs at night and can produce as ...

“That makes sense because modern humans moved out of caves about 60,000 years ago,” added study co-author and Virginia Tech entomologist Warren Booth. “There were bed bugs living in the caves with ...