A threat to American livestock – the New World Screwworm (NWS) fly, which has been considered eradicated from the country since 1966 — has reemerged as a potential danger following an outbreak in Mexico. The news triggered a shutdown of cattle, horse and bison imports along the southern border, as U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke … Read more
She didn’t realize she’d be flying roach. A woman has sworn off flying Spirit Airlines after finding cockroaches in her seating area during a recent flight, as revealed in an X video with nearly 8 million views. “Never again will I fly @SpiritAirlines,” the passenger — who goes by @symonebeez — wrote in the caption … Read more
They’re buggin’ out. After lying dormant for nearly two decades, billions of sex-crazed cicadas will be emerging from their subterranean sleep pods hungry for love. However, this year, many will be extra horny thanks to the spread of a creepy, “The Last Of Us”-esque zombie fungus. “Nature is stranger than any science fiction that’s ever … Read more
Five years after the worldwide hyperfocus on COVID-19 began, some are concerned about the next pandemic — whether it could be caused by influenza, bird flu or another pathogen. Too easily overlooked are non-influenza, non-COVID viruses and bacteria that are burgeoning and spreading unchecked — both in the U.S. and around the world. While they may not … Read more
This one will really have you bugging out. ER nurse Natalie Beeson is spilling the sickening details of one of the worst types of medical emergencies she’s witnessed — and even more troubling, she saw it twice in one week. “I can handle cardiac distress all day — but bugs? No, thank you,” Beeson told … Read more
Getting bitten by mosquitoes and midges while on camping adventures is almost a right of passage for Aussie kids. Usually, they’re itchy for a few days, sometimes need a bandaid, then they heal without any further thought. For one full-time traveling family, however, an ordinary mosquito bite recently turned into a frightening nightmare they never thought possible. Scratching a mosquito bite … Read more
Crackling fires have long been a gathering place where idyllic chestnuts are roasted, stories shared and souls warmed, whether around a hearth or at a campsite. Some folks cut their own wood and let it season, but most buy their wood without much thought about where it came from. As it happens, where our firewood … Read more
The ants go munching one-by-one — hurrah, hurrah! Thought ants raiding your picnic was annoying? Paul Rosolie, a US conservationist and explorer of the Amazons, captured the spine-tingling moment when giant ants dismantled his tent during a hellacious night in the jungle. “One of the worst episodes yet of why you think you want my … Read more
In a social media post that has shocked the Northern Beaches Moms Facebook group, a woman shared a revolting experience after buying a packet of Bonds period undies. When opening the package containing the $16 black boyleg undies, she was horrified to find brown, insect-like debris inside. The woman, Lisa, wrote alongside a video of the soiled undies: “WTF … Read more
A shopper has been left horrified after opening up her latest Shein order and discovering some creepy critters inside. In a TikTok clip, she revealed that she found three live worms after ripping open the bags sent from the Chinese budget E-commerce site. “I can’t make it up” “I could throw up right now,” she wrote over footage of the creepy … Read more
It’s certainly one way to get all “hop” and bothered. Grasshoppers could be added to the list of alleged aphrodisiacs ― a food or other substance thought to increase one’s libido — according to a study published in the journal Food Science of Animal Products. While erotic mood-boosting bites are more fantasy than fact, many foods dubbed … Read more
A bee in your bonnet has nothing on a wasp in your belly. Mississippi scientists have discovered a new species of wasp that lays eggs in living flies so the babies burst out of their bellies, Nature reports. “At the time we didn’t think it was real,” the study’s lead author Logan Moore, a biologist … Read more
A potentially deadly virus known as “sloth fever” has US officials on alert after Florida reported 20 travel-related cases, including nine last week. Oropouche virus (OROV) is spread through the bites of infected small flies and mosquitoes. It’s common in parts of South America, though Florida noted that its 20 cases — the first in … Read more
DELAWARE SEASHORE STATE PARK, Del. — On a muggy July evening, Delaware state biologist Jason Davis is doing what kids have done for ages: Trying to catch a firefly. It’s nowhere near as easy as the summer evenings of his own childhood, with only a few in this large wetland between a bay and the … Read more
It’s the other Grubhub. Singapore’s state food agency redefined “mealworms” after approving a whopping 16 species of insects for human consumption, ranging from grasshoppers to beetle grubs. “With immediate effect, SFA (the Singapore Food Agency) will allow the import of insects and insect products belonging to species that have been assessed to be of low … Read more
Winemakers are seeing red. An invasive insect species now poses “a serious threat” to America’s wine supplies, vino experts warn. Eggs of the oversized spotted lanternfly — which have been running amock in New York to the point that the state government has told people to kill them on sight — were stowed away in … Read more
You’ll be itching to avoid this. A TikTok-famous doctor is warning travelers away from a spot in a hotel room — other than a mattress — that can be prone to bedbugs. “How many of you completely unpack your clothes from your suitcase into a hotel dresser?” Dr. Jason Singh recently asked his followers. “Hotel … Read more
Americans are bugging out. Large swaths of the continental United States are living in a Hitchcockian nightmare, as biblically-proportioned, boisterous swarms of cicadas — the most in over 220 years — have overtaken the great outdoors as the weather warms up. The historically massive invasion — estimated to number in the trillions — has become everyday social media … Read more
He’s not so shore about your holiday menu. An emergency room doctor is sharing the five foods he would never bring to the beach for fear of food poisoning — cold cuts, fresh salads, anything with mayo, raw meat, and pre-cut fruits. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 48 million people get sick … Read more
Shorely you can’t be serious. Just in time for Memorial Day, a board-certified Houston dermatologist is sharing five skincare no-nos for the summer. Dr. Andrea Suarez, who goes by “Dr. Dray” on TikTok, wants you to avoid boozing in the sun, applying sunscreen with poor protection, buying sunscreen with insect repellent, peeling your sunburn and … Read more