During the ice age, which was around 20,000 years ago, bed bug populations decreased. The populations associated with bats, however, never rebounded, while human bed bugs did.

Bacterial "superbugs" can gain resistance to antibiotics as the microbes are actively infecting a person. Now, a new study suggests that treatments for these serious infections could be improved ...

A number of these concern human health. We know fire can harm directly, causing injuries and death. Tragically, the death toll in LA is now at least 24.