Q: What is this insect on my pollinator garden flowers? Is it good or a problem? Insects don’t always fall into tidy “friend or foe” categories. The insects you’ve found on the blooms are ambush bugs, ...

Staff Photographer Kissing bugs may sound charming, but with one bite, these insects can spread a dangerous parasitic infection: Chagas disease. Affecting more than 7 million people worldwide, mostly ...

Learn how to recognize bite patterns, distinguish them from other insect bites, and know what steps to take if you suspect an ...

Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, is a parasitic condition transmitted by the blood-sucking "kissing bug." The insects have been found in more than 30 states, including Ohio, ...

The Palmetto State is no stranger to dangerous insects, from the aggressive fire ant to the painful sting of the paper wasp. Experts are now sounding the alarm on another critter. The "kissing bug," ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published a Tuesday report in the Emerging Infectious Diseases journal raising awareness about the deadly “kissing bug” disease also known as ...

A group of researchers aims to have Chagas disease, also known as "kissing bug" disease, ranked an endemic in the U.S. Researchers from the University of Florida, Texas A&M University, the University ...

Researchers are advocating for Chagas disease, spread by "kissing bugs," to be classified as endemic in the United States. While cases are not federally tracked, kissing bugs have been found in 31 ...