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Information about the environment can be detected in many ways. Electro-magnetic waves, chemicals in the air or water, vibrations, and even magnetic and electric fields

The kissing bug, an insect of many names, lives close to people in Central and South America and sucks their blood, transmitting Chagas disease in the process.

All Kissing Bugs feed on blood, and those that prefer human blood can carry a serious disease. Charles Darwin's debilitating illness was probably caused by one.

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Ticks are second only to mosquitoes as carriers of human disease.

American sleeping sickness, or Chagas disease, is caused by a parasite, and it can be transmitted through organ or blood donation.

Many invertebrates can carry micro-organisms that cause diseases, but there are several ways of looking at this.

Fortunately Captain Fitzroy chose Darwin to accompany him on his long voyage.

Dermatobia hominis needs a warm-blooded host for its larvae to feed on. Humans are often the unwitting hosts for these large maggots.

Crickets infected with Horsehair Worms are forced to commit suicide by drowning so that the adult parasite can reproduce.

Children sometimes keep insects as pets, but choosing the right ones can be difficult.

Taxonomy is the science of animal classification and of working out what is related to what. How does Suite101 categorise the millions of species that exist?

Indie Suite gets serious with Baby Scream's founder as he speaks openly and movingly about tough times, difficult people, the loss of his father and their musical impact

Though many people don't react to bedbug bites, a rash may be the first obvious sign of a bedbug infestation. Fortunately, bedbugs don't spread diseases.