ENTOMOLOGY

The U.S. National Tick Collection contains millions of tick specimens—from notorious species like the deer tick to more obscure examples of the parasite.

The only thing they're going to poison is you.

Most termites aren't interested in eating houses. In fact, one day they may teach us how to build them.

With the ability to control and even kill their hosts, each one of these parasites could star as the next terror of the silver screen.

It's a skill any amateur bug hunter can learn.

Farts really can be deadly.

It all began with a letter her mom wrote to entomologists asking them to assure her daughter that "she is not weird or strange"—and they didn't disappoint.

It's hard to pick a favorite from these off-the-wall studies exploring topics like whether cats can be both solid and liquid, the physics of walking backwards with coffee, and the brain activity of people who are grossed out by cheese.

In a poll, two-thirds of respondents couldn't identify a bedbug in a lineup of different pests.

The average house surveyed was home to about 100 species of insects, arachnids, and other bugs, most of which are completely harmless.

It's been nearly 20 years since the last study on the distribution of disease-carrying ticks.