Deep in the humid lowlands of southern Mexico, engineers, veterinarians and entomologists are racing to repurpose a plant ...

While it may be an unfamiliar sensation to humans, electroreception is relatively commonplace in the animal kingdom. Sharks, bees and even the platypus all share this ability to detect electric fields ...

State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants, schools and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the past several weeks, including offenses related to rodents, ...

DES MOINES, Iowa (IOWA CAPITAL DISPATCH) - State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants, schools and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the past several weeks, ...

A worker holds organic fertilizer produced by larvae of the black soldier fly, at Marula Proteen Ltd in Kampala, Uganda , 2 September 2022 West Point alumni group cancels award ceremony for Tom Hanks ...

This article originally appeared on PolitiFact. A deadly flesh-eating parasitic larva was just found in a human in the U.S. Is that cause for panic? Probably not. State and federal health officials ...

The patient had traveled to Central America, where an outbreak of myiasis, an infection by screwworm larvae, has been ravaging livestock. By Alexa Robles-Gil In early August, a case of myiasis, an ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New World screwworm flies lay eggs in mammals’ wounds, causing an infestation of flesh-eating larvae. The ...

Flesh-eating screwworm larvae poised to invade the US have snuck into Maryland via the flesh of a person who had recently traveled to El Salvador, upping anxiety about the ghastly—and economically ...

Hover flies have one set of wings and no stinger. If you've been outside lately, chances are you've seen them — small flying insects that resemble sweat bees. In fact, you may have actually called ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced it would build a $750 million factory to produce sterile flies meant to destory the screwworm population making its way north thru Mexico. (Justin ...

Marilyn Powell of Goliad has dealt with screwworms before. As a young girl, she saw the way the fly larvae reeked havoc on her family’s livestock, she saw the devastation it brought to the cattle ...