While warmer weather brings more opportunity to spend time outdoors, it also comes with drawbacks like pesky bugs. And when those bugs — particularly mosquitoes — bite, the result can be, at best, an ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bugs. The ecosystem can't survive without them, but they sure do know how to ruin a good time. Roasting (and eating lots of) ...

Learning to identify bug bites and stings will help you get the right treatment. We break down the bites of mosquitos, fleas, ...

There's no shortage of illness swirling on a daily basis, but warm weather and travels brings in a slew of insect-borne diseases. From babesiosis to malaria to Lyme disease, it's always worth ...

“Chiggers are an outdoor biting pest. They feed once, and will not reproduce indoors and have continuous generations,” says entomologist Jody Green, at the University of Nebraska. They are typically ...

Because fleas thrive in warmer climates, they can be present the entire year in areas of the West Coast and the South, says Meghan Feely, MD, clinical instructor, dermatology, Mount Sinai Hospital, ...

Growing up, whenever I had mosquito bites, they quickly became itchy, inflamed bumps on my skin. One summer, a bite on my foot got so bad I couldn’t wear anything but open-toed shoes for the greater ...