Also referred to as "sleeping sickness" due to the effect it has on your sleeping pattern, it is transmitted to humans via ...

In a rare technique among mammals, the bats burn proteins from blood, rather than carbs or fat, to power their pursuits of ...

A new study sheds light on how the blood-borne parasite that causes African sleeping sickness in humans and related diseases in cattle and other animals establishes long-term infections in hosts.

Chances are you’ve got one of these bloodsuckers lurking nearby. Mosquitoes, ticks, lice, kissing bugs and tsetse flies are all looking to grab a bite ... of you. See exactly how they do it and ...

A pair of biologists at the University of Toronto has found that vampire bats are able to burn amino acids as a fuel source ...

Get ready to explore one of Africa's most notorious insects: the tsetse fly. These tiny flies may not look like much, but they play a major role in spreading sleeping sickness, aka human African ...

Chances are you’ve got one of these bloodsuckers lurking nearby. Mosquitoes, ticks, lice, kissing bugs and tsetse flies are all looking to grab a bite … of you. See exactly how they do it and what you ...

Get ready to explore one of Africa's most notorious insects: the tsetse fly.These tiny flies may not look like much, but they play a major role in spreading sleeping sickness, aka human African ...

Tsetse flies can feed on both wild and domestic animals, but some species prefer humans as their primary host. These flies are also notorious for being tough to swat away.