With cooler temperatures, lower humidity, and the leaves turning brilliant colors, fall is a beautiful time of year to spend a day outside with the family. Even though families are getting busier with school starting back up and gearing up for the holidays, there are...
Members of the arachnid family, ticks are tiny eight-legged insects related to spiders. Their bites are typically painless but can result in irritation. Adult ticks range in size from as small as the head of a pin to as big as a small watermelon seed and are colored...
While there are some insects, like butterflies and lighting bugs, people actually enjoy seeing, most insects don’t make the list. The main bad actors include mosquitoes, ticks, and black flies, and their bites can cause problems from superficial itching to diseases...
One sure tell-tale sign that winter has lost its grip is when those annoying mosquitoes start buzzing around and biting, and the irritation they cause doesn’t end there. Along with their trademark red and itchy welts resulting from the female’s bite, recent statistics...
As the world becomes increasingly obsessed with digital devices, researchers have begun studying the effects of people spending less time outdoors. Most adults over 30 can remember playing outside as a child until well after dark when Mom or Dad said it was time to...
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