"Kising bugs" don't really kiss — they bite. And that bite could spread a parasite, leading to a potentially deadly disease researchers say is now endemic in the U.S. The insects, actually named ...

A group of treehoppers sit on a plant stem in University of Missouri Professor Rex Cocroft's lab. Humans can't hear the vibrations these insects use to communicate with, but Cocroft has been able to ...

The tiny pile of debris appeared to be magically motivating across the rough surface of a freshly sawed oak stump. On closer inspection, the debris, bits of white and black and brown all clumped ...

"Kissing bug" sounds like it should be a character in a children's book that's sweet, harmless and maybe wearing a little bow tie. In reality? Not so charming. These critters earned their name because ...

As if modern life didn’t already hand us enough nightmares to juggle—enter the insect with the most misleading name in history: the kissing bug. Sounds cute, right? Wrong. Forget the usual suspects ...

From the cartoonish cottony cushion scale to the darling damselfly, we've rounded up images of the world's most adorable insects. Click on for fuzzy bumblebees, rainbow-winged beetles and googly-eyed ...

SAN ANTONIO – When you get bit by a kissing bug, you may not even know it because the bite isn’t very painful. But experts with Texas A&M AgriLife Research say that bite can affect you down the road ...