Learn how bed bugs became our oldest known pest as they co-evolved with humans, starting with our Neanderthal ancestors.

Researchers compared the whole genome sequence of two genetically distinct lineages of bed bug, and their findings indicate bed bugs may well be the first true urban pest.

Scientists examined the genomes of two bedbug lineages to trace how their population sizes have changed over time ...

Bed bugs have been biting humans since they emerged from caves around 60,000 years ago making them possibly the “first true ...