The authors emphasise the importance of recognising and appreciating these six- and eight-legged creatures that coexist with ...

Pests like ants, rodents, and spiders can be a persistent and unwelcome presence in our homes, causing frustration, property damage, and potential health risks. Effective pest control requires a ...

Food Security Concerns: Growing food insecurity, with up to 40% of global crop production lost annually to pests, is a major ...

An ecologist shares his passion for parasites. From their vital roles in nature, to strange super powers and extraordinarily complex life cycles, parasites are natural wonders worthy of protection.

When he got the bill from an exterminator he had contacted about a wasp problem, a 72-year-old man living in the suburban Tokyo city of Akiru･･･ ...

Within a month, the miners became desperate, Moeletsi says. “People began eating cockroaches and mixing toothpaste with salt to create makeshift meals, extreme measures born out of sheer ...

Dear Dr Roach: I am a 74-year-old woman who has been on 40 mg of atorvastatin for years. During the past year or two, I started feeling tired all the time. I did have spurts of energy at times ...

NHS Lothian reported call outs to deal with maggots and cockroaches as well as squirrels, while Dumfries and Galloway reported a dead rabbit on the patio of the mental health outpatients’ building.

NHS Lothian revealed cases of maggots, cockroaches and even squirrels. Elsewhere, a dead rabbit was discovered on the patio of a mental health outpatients’ building in Dumfries and Galloway.

Across Scotland as a whole, health boards spend just under £4.3 million controlling pests, which varied from maggots, dead birds and cockroaches. In NHS Highland, the call outs included a mouse ...

“I saw cockroaches and lizards seeking shelter on my car door.” Hsu said she went to retrieve her car even though she was drenched. “I was stranded in the middle of the road not long after ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I had a comment about your recent column on nuclear stress tests. As an 87-year-old person who has experienced atrial fibrillation and a mild stroke, I have had two nuclear stress ...