Bed bugs are real-life bloodsuckers, feeding on humans when we’re most vulnerable—asleep! These bugs are also notoriously ...

Environment Animals Insects Bed bugs have been bothering humans for 60,000 years The prolific blood-sucking insects were likely our first pests. Laura Baisas May 28, 2025 10:30 AM EDT ...

Human bed bugs, it turns out, have boomed since the Last Glacial Maximum about 20,000 years ago. But it's a different story for those populations that continued living on bats.

"That makes sense because modern humans moved out of caves about 60,000 years ago," said Warren Booth, the Joseph R. and Mary W. Wilson Urban Entomology Associate Professor. "There were bed bugs ...

As humans began to evolve and form permanent settlements around 12,000 years ago, bed bugs found the perfect environment to thrive. Their population grew along with the rise of early cities like ...

We humans might be the Earth’s apex predator, but it’s bugs that really rule the world. At least 5 million insect species live on our planet and some of them like to take up residence right ...