A horsefly bite, caused by a fly of the Tabanidae family, is painful but usually harmless, causing a raised, red area of skin known as a weal. Uncomplicated cases can usually be treated at home ...

HOKUTO, Yamanashi Prefecture--A 4-year-old girl from Fujisawa in Kanagawa Prefecture had the tip of her finger bitten off by a horse at a commercial horse-riding facility here on Nov. 18.

As the weather warms up the UK is often swarmed with reports of biting horseflies. A Museum fly expert explains what is going on. Often large, persistent and painful, a bite from a horsefly is an ...

A mosquito-borne viral disease known as eastern equine encephalitis was detected in a wild turkey in Luzerne County last year ...