Doctors at Kasturba Hospital, Manipal removed a live Dirofilaria repens worm from a 4-year-old’s eye; mosquito-borne zoonotic ...

Following recent detections of New World screwworm in animals on the US mainland, the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture and ...

Japanese beetles can turn healthy plants into skeletons. Here is how to identify and remove these garden pests.

At least a dozen animals have been found with the flesh-eating maggots. It could take more than a year to eradicate the parasite again, experts warn.

Screwworm, a parasitic fly whose flesh-eating larvae feed on living animals, re-entered the U.S. ​Southwest in June for the ...

Researchers also discover bees can adjust their diets when pollen sources do not provide healthy level of nutrients Honeybees blend a special “baby food” to give their larvae a balanced diet, with ...

A New World screwworm infestation is taking place in Texas and New Mexico, but the parasite hasn't been found in Michigan yet — and state officials are taking preventative measures to ensure it stays ...

A backyard can look peaceful on the surface while a tiny army quietly shapes everything underneath. Some insects protect plants, but others signal trouble, damage roots, or invite bigger infestations ...

Texas has expanded its screwworm quarantine with Gov. Greg Abbott issuing a disaster declaration for the affected counties.

The European blister beetle lays thousands of eggs in the spring. When they hatch, the bright-orange larvae shimmy up flower stems and sit in clumps, waiting for passing solitary bees to latch on to ...

People and animals create lots of waste that is usually sent to landfills, incinerated or stored in engineered ponds such as manure lagoons. Now, researchers publishing in ACS’ Environmental Science & ...

The deep sea is cold, dark and under immense pressure. Yet life has found a way to prevail there, in the form of some of Earth’s strangest creatures. Since deep-sea critters have adapted to near ...