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For the record, ant bites aren’t as common as you might think. “All ants can bite but they rarely do unless harassed,” says Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, Ph.D., associate director of community & urban ...

What's worse than an ant bite? A fire ant bite. Fire ants, as their name might suggest, are reddish insects with stingers and venom pouches that they may use to attack areas of exposed skin, according ...

You can use anti-itch creams and antihistamines to help treat bug bites and stings at home. Identifying the type of bite or sting is important for choosing the best treatment. Insect repellents, such ...

Health agencies recommend wearing insect repellent and loose-fitting clothing to prevent bites from mosquitoes carrying the fast-spreading chikungunya virus -- not rubbing ants on your skin, as an ...

The following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research. An insect bites off another insect’s leg. Is this predatory behaviour, ...

Sure, mosquitoes and cockroaches are among Mississippi’s most well-known nuisances, but several other species of critters can be really dangerous to humans. The following insect species could be ...