The skin bumps are the body's reaction to the insect's saliva. While the bug is sucking blood, some of its secretions get mixed in. Anaphylaxis With Insect Bites: Very Rare A severe life-threatening ...

Macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of vision loss, affecting millions worldwide, especially those over 60.

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You need to protect your exposed skin from mosquitos and other biting insects. The CDC recommends that you use only insect repellents approved by the US Environmental Protection Agency.

Nowadays, on a basic research level, the most fundamental processing stages in color vision and color perception remain unexplained. At the same time, new areas in the study of applied color science ...

Apple maggot traps are red spheres coated with tanglefoot, a sticky substance that permanently holds insects. They capture apple maggot females that attempt to lay eggs on the fruit. Wooden or plastic ...

To get treats, apes eagerly pointed them out to humans who didn’t know where they were, a seemingly simple experiment that demonstrated for the first time that apes will communicate unknown ...

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Ars Technica has been separating the signal from the noise for over 25 years. With our unique combination of technical savvy and wide-ranging interest in the technological arts and sciences, Ars ...

Two new photography exhibits at the Fitchburg Art Museum (FAM) feature striking images by artists whose work tell stories in different ways. Tara Sellios’s “Ask Now the Beasts” exhibit ...

Generally brown with yellowish markings. European paper wasps are black and yellow in color and resemble yellow jackets. They capture insects and spiders to feed their young. Including caterpillars, ...