While often overlooked, insects pose significant threats to human health, transmitting deadly diseases like malaria and ...

The numbers are staggering: mosquito-borne diseases are blamed for over 700,000 deaths every year, according to the World ...

Arizona's plants and creepy crawlers are always trying to hurt you. Or at least that's how the joke goes, and it certainly does seem that way sometimes. Between the rattlesnakes, Gila monsters and ...

Venom is one of the animal kingdom's oldest and most effective weapons, providing creatures with an effective means of attack or defense. Spider venom, for example, is thought to have evolved from a ...

Narellan Snake Catchers in Australia relocated the eastern brown snake from the Sydney home Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has ...

The Maricopa harvester ant, native to Arizona and the southwest U.S., holds the world record for most toxic insect venom. Although its venom is potent, the ant is relatively docile and stings are not ...