USDA releases billions of sterile flies from planes to fight deadly flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock.

The Department of Agriculture is pursuing a disgusting—but effective—strategy to eliminate the larva of the New World ...

A Virginia family is accusing a funeral home of breach of contract and negligence in a $5 million lawsuit after they allegedly noticed a relative’s body was infested with maggots on the day of his ...

Recently, however, the severe human consequences of the screw worm have been apparent at the central Dr Mario Catarino Rivas ...

Fifteen years after the discovery of a new type of human, the Denisovan, scientists discovered its DNA in a fossilized skull.

The federal agency adds: "If you have an NWS infestation, you may see maggots (larvae) around or in an open wound. They could also be in your nose, eyes, or mouth." Symptoms for the condition ...

On January 4, 2024, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, @mcalexoficiall shared a video of a cat with a nose resembling that of a human. In the video, a white cat with dark spots is seen lying on the ground.

But then the weather got hot, the scraps stewed in the hot garage — odorous to a human, but gourmet to a fly. And its offspring, which turn into maggots.

Thousand Maggots Found In Thai Woman’s Nose Had the larvae remained untreated, they could have migrated to nearby organs like the eyes or brain, causing severe complications or even death, said ...

A 59-year-old woman's week-long struggle with a stuffy nose and facial pain took a horrifying turn when a nosebleed revealed hundreds of maggots living inside her nostrils, the Mirror reported.

A woman was admitted to hospital after discovering the larvae inside her nostrils. She was given an X-ray at a hospital in Chiang Mai Province, northern Thailand and maggots were taken out of her nose ...

Maggots are the larval form of the Diptera species—in other words, baby flies. It’s not all that uncommon for maggots to infest and grow in poorly healing human tissue—it’s called myiasis.