Researchers at the University of California Riverside found that bed bugs avoid water because it can block their breathing.

Humans tend to fear bed bugs, and rightly so. The bloodsuckers are tough to get rid of once they've entered a home. But new ...

Entomologist Dong-Hwan Choe was preparing to feed bed bugs raised in his lab when he noticed that a feeding machine had started leaking blood onto one of the colony vials where the bugs are kept. To ...

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Seeing any insect scuttle around your home is cause for concern, but when it’s a bug that bites, all bets are off. Of course, a slew of different bugs can cruise around your place, making it tough to ...

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