Bed Bugs Book Their Own Travel Plans

Bed bugs are excellent hitchhikers because they are so easily transported from one place to another in human belongings, such as suitcases, purses and laptop bags. This makes travelers especially susceptible to picking up bed bugs while away from home, regardless of...

The Spider That Shoots Its Prey With Silk

We all know that many spiders spin webs in order to catch prey. This particular method of catching prey can be time consuming since a web-weaving spider has to wait until a bug stumbles into its sticky web. But not all spiders catch their meals in this manner. For...

Can Ticks Survive The Washer And Dryer?

When it comes to preventing tick bites, you may think that officials with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention could give you some tips, but the CDC cannot answer every general question people have about ticks? For example, some people want to know if ticks...