But Reddit user DomenicGioffre had an altogether more nightmarish experience when unboxing their Prime Day mattress purchase.

In cases of high infestations, bed bugs may also be found in places like drawer joints, curtain folds and under wallpaper.

Bed bugs cannot live outside. They need a human host to survive. If a bed bug can’t find its way inside and into a mattress, it’ll starve to death.

Bed bugs are hitchhikers. Chances are they latched on when you were travelling somewhere before calling your house their home.

Since then, the innards of our digital machines have continued to offer a safe, warm, and dry haven for all manner of bugs ...

You can also inadvertently bring in bed bugs after sitting in a theater or other public space that has an infestation. “Luckily, bed bugs can’t jump, so walking into a room where they’re ...

Bed bugs can be brought in your home through luggage, purses and more. They hide in mattresses, box springs and bed frames, among other places.

Since most bed bugs find their way into your home when you return home from travel, here are 5 Ways you can protect yourself from the bugs while you travel… - Pack using a top-quality luggage liner.

Summertime is also peak bed bugs season. Here are tips on how to identify and prevent these pests from entering your home.

Bed bugs are particularly active in warm weather. Here's what N.C. residents should know about the pests.

How to tell whether you've been bitten by bed bugs, amid concerns that an infestation in Paris could be spreading to the UK.

You may not want to know this, but your city likely has bed bugs. In a new list, the pest control company Terminix has identified the 50 cities it treats the most for the pests.