A Texas Standard listener wanted to know more about hover flies – also sometimes called flower flies or syrphid flies because they’re in the family Syrphidae – particularly why they buzz like a bee.

Two venomous spiders, black widows and brown recluse spiders, can cause severe symptoms, experts say. Here are spider bite pictures and tips to identify them.

Talk with your healthcare provider if you experience fever, jaundice (skin or eyes turning yellow), excessive sweating, or signs of infection such as pus oozing from the site of the bite. Avoid ...

Most insect stings cause only minor discomfort. Stings can happen anywhere on the body and can be painful. Yellow jackets cause the most allergic reactions in the U.S. Stings from these insects cause ...

one evening before bed. The bite left a small puncture wound below my left thumb, and it stung as I washed it and slathered it in antibiotic ointment. (My pride stung, too; animals usually love me.) ...

Could that rash be an insect bite? And what kind of bug bit you? The answers aren't so easy to figure out. Even for experts, it can be challenging to decipher insect bites. Using your skin's ...

All animal bites need to be properly cleaned, and most need treatment based on the type and severity of the wound. Whether the bite is from a family pet or an animal in the wild, scratches and bites ...

Queensland Ambulance Service has responded to more than 60 snake bites across the state this year. People are urged not to attempt to catch or kill snakes. A Queensland man remains in a critical ...

He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. For over a decade, you couldn’t easily fly a DJI drone over restricted areas in the United States. DJI’s software would ...

These so-called no-fly zones are currently GEO-coded into DJI drones, which means the flying cameras would automatically steer clear. They did in the US, at least. Last year, DJI switched those ...

Police have issued an update on the investigation into the suspicious yellow man in Kilrea, as the hunt for him continues. The yellow man was spotted on the Vow Road at around 12.30am on December ...

You don’t need an entire box dedicated to mouse flies, but keep a couple ready—you might just get yourself into a mouse bite. You’ll still find fly anglers who are skeptical about trout ...