Myiasis of the vagina is a rare parasitic infection caused by fly larvae. It's not an STI, but open wounds in the vaginal ...

California health officials warn that the New World Screwworm could arrive in California from an infested traveler or animal, ...

The United States has suspended all animal imports from Mexico due to a parasitic fly that can produce flesh-eating maggots. New World screwworms are the cause of the indefinite suspension of animal ...

Mountain fly maggots have evolved fake faces on their butts as a cunning disguise to infiltrate termite colonies, a new study has found. Researchers spotted the fake faces, which resemble termite ...

The federal government is going to take millions of sterile flies and dump them on Texas in the hopes that they'll kill off a species of insect known for laying its flesh-eating larvae in the wounds ...

The United States is halting imports of livestock from Mexico to protect U.S. livestock from a flesh-eating parasite called the New World Screwworm. The New World Screwworm, or the NWS for short, is a ...

The 25-year-old is the founder of Insectipro, a Kenyan farm rearing black soldier fly larvae for animal feed. In the 10 days it takes for them to grow, the larvae need to be fed too - and fruit waste ...

Ever bite into a delicious-looking apple, only to be rewarded with a chunk of mealy pulp? Or take a swig of milk, and get something lumpy in your mouth? Yeah, yuck. Well, it turns humans have company ...