For our end-of-the-year Editors' Photo Challenge, we asked readers to share their best photos of 2024. Here are our favorites ...

The ability to distinguish between these bug bites and stings can help ensure you receive the right intervention when needed.

A self-taught photographer has been capturing the "alien world" of insects. Lee Frost, from Newcastle-under-Lyme in Staffordshire, said he liked taking the macro images "of what's just around us".

All insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda. But unlike other arthropods—like lobsters, spiders, or millipedes—insects have three pairs of jointed legs, segmented bodies, an exoskeleton ...

Here's what you should know about the most common types of bug bites, how you can tell them apart, and the best way to treat them and stop the itch. Warning: This article contains images of bug ...

Since the bugs don’t budge, workers have to use tough brushes to scrape them off of the cacti leaves. Just a few bugs won’t do it: Nearly 70,000 insects are just enough to make one pound of dye.