Ticks can grab onto you while you are doing a tick drag, so it’s important to check yourself for ticks while dragging and when you finish, the scientists advise. Doctors advised that you check your ...

The bad news is this insect looks like a scorpion and it lives right here in BC. The good news is, this bug is very small.

Clover mites, tiny arachnids about the size of the "O" in "In God We Trust," become prevalent in warm, moist spring weather.

Cockroaches that catch a ride on ants. Grasshoppers that climb aboard sheep. Hitchhiking animals are more common than you ...

In fact, adult black-legged ticks stand up to winter weather just fine, and deer tick season never really ends, said Jody L.

F ew houseplants are both low-maintenance enough for gardening novices and still interesting for green thumb experts to ...

A handful of species, such as the scallop, can even swim! 4. Arachnids (Spiders, Scorpions, Ticks, Etc.) The world’s largest arachnid is the massive Goliath birdeater tarantula. It can weigh over 6 ...

A two-year study into the Australian wishbone spiders by experts from Queensland Museum, Western Australian Museum and the University of Western Australia has resulted in the description of 55 species ...

The British Allergy Foundation says house dust mites are one of the three most common triggers for allergies. The other two are mould and pets. To be more specific, allergies are usually triggered ...

Nate Sperry, the president of the Hampden County Beekeepers Association, says that one of the biggest threats to the bee population is the Varroa Mite, an arachnid that gestates in honeybee eggs.

TONEY, Ala. (WHNT) — A local greenhouse announced it had to shut down its vegetable house and destroy all the vegetables inside due to a mite problem. Rays Greenhouse announced around 8:34 a.m ...

Neither! Ticks are arachnids. They're related to spiders and scorpions but are actually a kind of mite. Arachnids have eight legs and two body segments (head and cephalothorax). Insects have six ...