If you live anywhere from Pennsylvania to California, there's a chance you've seen a kissing bug crawling around, hopefully ...

Assassin bugs (also known as ambush bugs or thread-legged bugs) are one of nature's stealthiest hunters, known for their precision strikes and ability to subdue prey with incredible efficiency. But ...

The kissing bug, also known as the assassin bug, is now found in over 30 states, including Georgia and South Carolina.

Kissing bugs have been spotted in West Virginia according to the Texas A&M University’s Kissing Bugs and Chagas Disease ...

I’ve read that the milkweed assassin bug will kill unwanted insects like aphids, but I am concerned that it may actually prey on monarch caterpillars when they are on milkweed plants. Can you please ...

A bug found in South America is believed to have infected between 70,000 and 100,000 people in southern California with a ...

A pair of natural scientists at Macquarie University in Australia, has found an example of tool use by an insect in Australian assassin bugs. In their paper published in the journal Biology Letters, ...

Appearance: Adults are slightly more than a half-inch in length. Most are brown, black or bi-colored, while some are red or orange. Four tiny bumps protrude from its plate-like covering. Lanky front ...

Jan. 20 (UPI) --Paleontologists have recovered a 50-million-year-old assassin bug fossil featuring near-perfectly preserved genitalia, a rarity. Though the ancient insect's pygophore, a genital ...

Scientists were surprised to find the insect’s preserved penis, which suggests it was an unknown species. By Katherine J. Wu The exclusive club of fossilized phalluses has a new member. The latest ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Perhaps ...