A stinging insect that had vanished from one European country for roughly half a century is back, and its return is part of a wider pattern that should make all of us pay closer attention to the bugs ...

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A rare tick-borne allergy linked to red meat has now been confirmed as deadly for the first time. A healthy New Jersey man ...

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Malaria mosquitoes track humans by scent, not random flight, revealing why some people are bitten more at night.

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