There has been a warning that so-called "cutaneous myiasis" infections, in which fly larvae laid in damp laundry burrow into ...

A mosquito larva entombed in amber for about 99 million years is now the oldest known of its kind, according to a new study. The fossil comes from Kachin in northern Myanmar and likely formed when ...

Gwacheon, Gyeonggi Province, asked residents to refrain from using tap water for drinking after “midge larvae” were found at ...

Flea infestations, swarms of flies and cupboards riddled with weevils are all in a day’s work. Mountains of dirty clothes, ...

An international team of researchers, including scientists from the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, has uncovered a ...

"This fundamentally changes how we think about the evolution of complex nervous systems," said biologist Jack Ullrich-Lüter.

At a remote field station in Louisiana, scientists study the insects that arrive within minutes of death. Each maggot and ...

In an excerpt from his new book Dinner with King Tut, Sam Kean explores a weird and wild '90s experiment to replicate ancient ...

Apparently, when someone has a pacemaker, there's a battery too, and they don't bother taking it out/off. They simply snip ...

Livestock owners work hard to keep their animals healthy, but even small wounds or injuries can create opportunities for ...

Animals in children's stories are often depicted as living in neat mom, dad and children family units. Examples include ...

A Denton resident has tested positive for West Nile virus, health officials reported Thursday, bringing the total to two ...