"Ticks bury their mouthparts deep into the skin of both animals and humans while they feed, then drop off when they’re full. When they’re done feeding, they become a dark grey/brown colour and are ...

With spring finally upon us and summer around the corner, many of us will be looking to get outside and enjoy the countryside after a very cold winter. And the same is true for our pets, who will ...

They eat bed bugs, carpet beetles, and other insects and mites, ambushing their prey, using their unique mouthparts to suck out their victims’ body fluids. Masked hunters prefer dry locations ...

Public health experts say during feeding, bedbugs probe the skin with their mouthparts, searching for blood-carrying capillaries. If the bedbug does find a capillary with the first bite ...

Eleanor is a content creator and social media assistant with an undergraduate degree in zoology and a master’s degree in wildlife documentary production. Laura is an editor and staff writer at ...

Batrachotomus kupferzellensis was the top predator of its ecosystem and belonged to the most dangerous group of animals of its time, the so-called pseudosuchians, which were crocodile ancestors.

A Bowen man has become the first in Queensland thought to have died from Japanese encephalitis since 2022. Public health officials are concerned the risk of exposure to the virus may increase ...

If you come across a fat brownish-grey grub with sharp mouthparts on one end, your lawn patches could be a result of cutworms. I recommend treating your lawn with a nematode specifically for cutworms.