Every year in the United States, more than a billion dollars is poured into the purchase and use of pesticides. This staggering figure makes clear just how strained and conflicted the relationship ...

a dragonfly insect perched on a purple flower - I Am Happy Taking Photographs./Getty Images We ignore most insects that cross our path. We swat away flies, marvel at butterflies, and dash away from ...

If you’ve ever been stung by a bee then you’ll know it hurts. But apparently it has nothing on the bullet ant which boasts the most painful sting known to man. On the gross out scale it has to be the ...

Some mosquitoes are a simple nuisance, but this particular species can spread yellow fever, dengue, Zika, and other diseases ...

TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) - They are a nuisance, and in most cases, no bigger than your fingernail. But according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), mosquitoes are the world’s ...

It's smaller. Much smaller. What is the world's deadliest animal? A report released by the CDC last month revealed that mosquitoes are more responsible for human deaths than any other creature on ...

Crawling between one Michigan woman's produce was one of the world's deadliest insects: A black widow spider. The spider decided to come out of hiding when Ariel Jackson was about to open a package of ...

We ignore most insects that cross our path. We swat away flies, marvel at butterflies, and dash away from angry wasps. But one insect that has been around for about 300 million years is one of ...