These flies lay eggs on open wounds, and their larvae feed on live flesh. And a case was just stopped in a Florida quarantine ...

AgriLife Extension has released two new fact sheets on New World screwworm to help Texans prepare for the parasite ...

Two Colorado funeral home owners — who hid 189 decaying corpses in a bug-infested building over four years and gave fake ashes to grieving families — are now facing decades in state prison after a ...

If you've never taken the time to dig deep into the ingredients lists of your favorite foods, you may be in for an unpleasant surprise.

We know: you probably wouldn't even want to come within 10 feet of a plate of cheese that's infested with maggots, but some foods earn their reputation purely because they either taste surprisingly ...

The U.S. has opened its first center for dispersing sterile screwworm flies from U.S. soil in decades in southern Texas. The opening announced Monday is part of a larger effort to keep a ...

A parasitic worm that feeds on the live tissue of animals is spreading throughout South and Central America.Now, the FDA is combatting its potential spread to t ...

The famous synchronized fireflies are just one of many types of insects that fall under the purview of national park ...

A biosecurity operation is under way after the male fly was discovered in a surveillance trap.

Jon Hallford, a funeral home owner who stashed decomposing bodies and gave families fake ashes, was sentenced to 40 years in ...

Doctors are being put on alert as a dangerous and potentially deadly parasite, the New World screwworm, inches its way closer to the U.S. The screwworm has moved into the Mexican state of Tamaulipas, ...