From the bullet ant of the Amazon to the tiny but devastating Irukandji jellyfish of Australian waters, scientists and self-experimenting adventurers have mapped the world's most excruciating stings.

Justin Schmidt, an entomologist, first created the Schmidt sting pain index in 1983 ...

Top contenders for the nastiest sting range from bullet ants to warrior wasps and tiny jellyfish. To find out which is most painful, some adventurous experts have spent their lives getting stung.

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To celebrate this ten-year return, a world-famous bug lover is heading straight to Shreveport. Coyote Peterson is joining us!

Creating a fake wasp nest can keep these pests, who are very territorial, away from your house. With just a brown paper bag, tape, and string you can make one in less than five minutes. Cleaning up ...

Joel Silver reteams with Black for the effort, and will produce with Don Murphy and Susan Montford of Angry Films. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Executioner was a pulpy book series that told the ...

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No species is a ‘villain’ – and even humans’ least favourite creatures are part of a web that makes all life possible A wasp has just flown into your kitchen. Do you: a) scream and run away; b) roll ...

Recently, I stood in an airfield in Sweetwater, Texas, and looked up. I was wondering what it would have been like to take off from there in a small plane, flying into the dust of West Texas and the ...

Obituaries on eminent Washingtonians usually omit the dreadful precedents they set that will vex Americans long after their death. Not this piece. Former FBI director Robert Mueller died last week at ...