These insects are crossing the border, bringing yet another infectious disease to the USA In A Nutshell Infection rates jumped dramatically: 84.6% of triatomine “kissing bugs” collected near the El ...

Researchers at The University of Texas at El Paso have found unusually high levels of parasitic infection in the insects that ...

The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) researchers discovered “unusually” high levels of the Chagas disease parasite found ...

The study, published online in Epidemiology & Infection, reports that researchers tested 26 triatomine bugs and found 22 of ...

UTEP researchers have found unusually high levels in the Borderland of parasitic infection in insects that transmit Chagas ...

Summer officially starts Tuesday, June 21, but Texas pests might have missed the memo. With summer rain, followed by summer heat, insects and arachnids have started to become a bother for Texans.

As temperatures begin to warm in Texas, more critters will be out and about, basking in the sun. The Lone Star State is possibly the most diverse when it comes to bugs — Texas is home to nearly 30,000 ...

OXFORD, Pa. (AP) — A staple of summer — swarms of bugs — seems to be a thing of the past. And that's got scientists worried. Pesky mosquitoes, disease-carrying ticks, crop-munching aphids and ...

Springtime brings flowers in bloom and more sunshine. The warm season also brings an abundance of pests we want to avoid. Insects become more active when temperatures exceed the 60s, said Kevin Gibbs, ...

The giant water bug measures more than 3 inches from top to bottom and an inch-and-a-half across, making it one of the largest insects in all of North America and one of the largest aquatic insects in ...

SAN ANTONIO – The Asian Giant Hornet is roughly about two inches long, but it’s causing a big buzz across the country. For the first time ever, the insect which has been dubbed the “murder hornet” ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Have you been looking for a new fertilizer to use? We have the solution. I spoke with South Texas Gardner Gabriel Vega about a very impressive organic fertilizer that can also ...