The vampire in the teen romance your daughter checked out from the library is fictional — but there could be a bloodsucker lurking in the book’s binding that isn’t make believe. A bed bug was spotted ...

The next time you pick up a book from the library, you might want to scan the pages for more than just words. The American Library Association developed advice for public libraries to prevent and ...

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Part of the Bug in a Box series, Peekaboo Bugs by David A. Carter offers five liftable flaps on each page to highlight an assortment of same-colored items (""Can you find the Blue Bug?""); a turning ...

Carter's bugs are back, this time in celebration of color. Six bugs get their own pop-up spreads, while a spare rhyme scurries throughout: "Red Bug/ Yellow bug/ Orange Bug/ And Blue/ Green Bug/ Purple ...

This article was published in Scientific American’s former blog network and reflects the views of the author, not necessarily those of Scientific American I got an email with this book's name in the ...

In early October, my family experienced what now seems to have become the new normal in schools: my kindergartener got lice, which was rampant in her classroom. A friend and preschool teacher ...

CHICAGO (CBS) --Love them or hate them, swarms of cicadas have emerged in the Chicago area, and for kids who are squeamish, seeing the 2-inch bugs can be nerve-wracking. But a Virginia woman has a ...

We have much to learn from bad bugs, according to Gilbert Waldbauer, whose book “Insights From Insects: What Bad Bugs Can Teach Us” was published today (Prometheus Books). CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — We have ...