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Mosquitoes, bees, ticks and more: How to treat bites and stings — and avoid bugs this summer
Yahoo Life· 14 hours agoYou’re not imagining things — bugs, including ones that bite, are more active in the summer. Here’s...
How to Flea-Proof Your Pet, Home, and Lawn This Summer - Consumer Reports
Consumer Reports· 2 days agoOn humans, flea bites look like small, discolored bumps that often have a ring around them, are...
Don't just blame rat fleas. Lice may have helped spread 'black death' plague
WAMC Northeast Public Radio· 4 days agoThe plague — which in the mid-14th century was also known as the Black Death — devastated swaths of...
Plague re-emerges in Badlands National Park prairie dog colonies
KNBN Rapid City· 14 hours agoThe National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service have confirmed that a plague outbreak is...
When it comes to 'Most Wanted' insects in Florida, this one is in a class by itself
The News-Press via Yahoo News· 5 hours agoThey will readily bite humans; the bites are irritating, painful, and can cause long-lasting painful lesions for some people." You can find that little blurb about the no-see-um ...
Protect your pets from fleas and ticks this summer
Southwest Iowa's daily newspaper· 4 days agoMidlands Humane Society, the shelter serving Council Bluffs, takes great pride in helping animals get to the point where they'll live their best life.
Bran dances, gander pulls and pig lifts once popular
Messenger-Inquirer, Owensboro, Ky. via Yahoo News· 10 hours agoThere weren’t a lot of entertainment options for rural Kentuckians in the 19th century. So, they had to make their own. Things like bran dancing, pig lifts and gander pulls. For a bran dance ...
Plague confirmed in Badlands-Conata ecosystem prairie dogs
Rapid City Journal· 24 hours agoThe National Park Service and U.S. Forest Service have confirmed plague as the cause of a prairie...
Is Pet Insurance Worth It? Understand the Pros and Cons — Best Life
Best Life· 3 hours agoYour pet is part of the family, which means keeping them safe and healthy is a natural part of being...
Dead mouse found in 'dirty' Oxford hotel room
BBC News· 4 days agoA couple have described a hotel stay, which led to them opting to sleep in their car, as "nothing short of a nightmare". Rachel and Steve Rogers said the...