It’s pretty rare, but just like us mammals, some flies actually give live birth. One of them is a parasitic fly species Ormia ...

The cordyceps species in "The Last of Us," Ophiocordyceps unilateralis, is real and does exactly what the show purports —just ...

Understanding the New World screwworm blowfly and its behavior underscores why it is so dangerous to the livestock industry.

A study published in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America, offers the most detailed view to date of how this ...

The U.S. government plans to release billions of sterilized flies over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating pest ...

The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and drop them from airplanes over Mexico and even southern Texas.

Botfly Larvae Botfly larvae can infect human tissues, including the mouth. They cause painful swellings, irritation and ulcers.

The bot fly larvae burrow under the skin of howler monkeys, creating painful nodules that can lead to infections and weaken the animals. Monkeys with infestations often show signs of poor health. The ...

Botflies are flies from the family Oestridae and have the appearance of a bee. Also known as warble flies, heel flies, and gadflies, their larvae use mammals as their host. When a botfly egg ...

The human botfly, Dermatobia hominis, is the only species of botfly whose larvae ordinarily parasitize humans, though flies in some other families episodically infect humans." ...

Geese, Ptarmigan, Caribou, and Bot Fly Larva The author’s Inupiat Eskimo hunting partner, the late Danny Pikok, with a pair of willow ptarmigan taken near Point Lay, Alaska in the early 1990s amid ...

Q: Max, our 7-year-old terrier mix, lost his energy, stopped eating and started vomiting. His veterinarian diagnosed ...