In the late weeks of summer, to one set of eyes, a common backyard might look like a shady haven carpeted by still, green grass and canopied by sun-dappled branches. Searching eyes, however, know that ...

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 ...

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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 ...

A boy worries about lice conquering the world What lousy has to do with lice How author/illustrator David Shannon learned about lice the hard way David Shannon, the author and illustrator of a new ...

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 ...

SINGAPORE – The National Library Board (NLB) is bringing back the popular and successful Book Bugs programme this December. Book Bugs: Explorers of Stories Past is a bug-themed collectable card game ...