Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Finding pests like silverfish or house centipedes in your home is never fun, and getting rid of them can be quite the chore. One ...

Learn about these simple homemade natural insect repellents and nontoxic recipes for soothing bug bites to keep pests at bay. Being outdoors during the summer months will inevitably lead to encounters ...

Cockroaches in Indian kitchens are very common. This is especially true in a humid climate. They tend to stay in the drains, ...

Summertime comes with lengthy days, warm sunshine, beach visits, and beautiful greenery in the forest. However, summertime also comes with mosquitos, biting flies, and other insects that we consider ...

Every summer while preparing for long weekends at our family cabin in the north woods of Minnesota, we'd face the same dilemmas. What food should we bring? Is SPF 50 sunscreen enough protection? And, ...

A cheap, natural compound has been found to deter biting of mosquitoes and to repel ticks as effectively as DEET. Isolongifolenone, a natural compound found in the Tauroniro tree (Humiria balsamifera) ...

MinnPost’s reporting is always free, but it isn’t free to produce. We rely on donations from our readers to fund our independent journalism. As we head toward the heart of mosquito- and tick-bite ...

While it's nice to get outdoors in the summer, mosquitoes can put a real damper on Wisconsin's short-lived warm weather. The blood-sucking bugs not only leave behind itchy bites, they can also spread ...