Waking up with itchy eyelids might seem like a typical allergy symptom but it could also be a sign of eye mites.

Blood from a former construction and factory worker — and self-taught herpetologist — could hold the key to a universal ...

Tim Friede’s blood is now the source of a potential new universal anti-venom, following hundreds of meticulous bites and ...

Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) may be pests to humans, but they have their own pests to contend with. Ectoparasitic ...

Since the release of Jaws in 1975, many people have been absolutely terrified of sharks. Now, scientists have worked out the main reason behind some of their attacks. And their discovery could ...

"We show that defensive bites by sharks on humans—a reaction to initial human aggression—are a reality and that the animal should not be considered responsible or at fault when they occur ...

Based on a multi-decade study of the characteristics of shark bites on humans in French Polynesia Eastern-South Pacific, we show that certain human activities at sea, such as fishing and particularly ...

Risky human behavior, not aggression by alligators, is the leading cause of alligator bites, according to a groundbreaking study by scientists at the University of Florida and Centre College in ...

The skeleton of a man, who was between the ages of 26 and 35 when he died, was found with bite marks from a large ... While the Romans documented fights between humans as well as humans and ...

Now archaeologists have found the first physical evidence of a gladiator locked in combat with one of these animals—which appears to have left a huge, lion-sized bite mark on the fighter’s butt.

Becoming a meal for a hungry flea probably isn’t on your to-do list, but flea bites can and do happen to humans. But, many people have no idea what flea bites actually look like. Keep reading ...