A blue morpho butterfly, native to the tropical forests of Central and South America Derkarts via Wikimedia Commons under CC0 Many insects feel right at home in the hot, humid environments of the ...

Many tropical insects are already close to their heat tolerance limits, raising concerns that rising temperatures could disrupt ecosystems.

Up to half of the insects in the Amazon region could be exposed to life-threatening heat levels due to progressive, anthropogenic global warming. This is shown by a recent study by the universities of ...

Mosquitoes transmit several pathogens of public health importance, including malaria, dengue, chikungunya and Zika. These ...

Although the name sounds endearing, the 'kissing bug' disease is nothing to fawn over. The disease is now being considered as an endemic classification, according to an August report from the Center ...

"Kissing Bug" disease has been reported in eight states across the nation. Researchers say the high presence gives evidence for it becoming endemic. The disease is caused by a parasite that is carried ...

About 100,000 Californians could be infected with a potentially-deadly disease spread by kissing bugs — and not even know it. Photo courtesy of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Nearly ...

Mosquitoes are known to vector arthropod-borne viruses (arboviruses) that pose a global public health issue in the form of mosquito-borne viral diseases such as chikungunya fever, dengue fever, ...