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Chagas disease (sometimes called “American trypanosomiasis”) is a potentially life-threatening condition caused by an infection of Trypanosoma cruzi, an insect-borne parasite.  Its victims include humans and dozens of animal species, including dogs...

A Florida entomologist — a fancy name for an insect expert — is giving an up close and personal look at a wasp nest that he estimates to date back to the time of the dinosaurs. Jonathan Simkins with Insect I.Q. specializes in insect pest control in F...

A new tick-dwelling bacterium related to the one that causes Lyme disease has been discovered in Canada and the northeastern United States. Studies conducted by the Public Health Agency of Canada and Yale University have identified the bacterium, Borreli...