Botflies are a parasitic fly located mainly in Central and South America. They’re best known for their metallic, robotic appearance. Female botflies can’t complete their life cycle unless their larvae ...

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Eastern oyster larvae are only 100–300 micrometers long, but their dense calcium carbonate shells make them substantially heavier than the surrounding seawater. A new study led by the Woods Hole ...

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Lake fly larvae plunge more than 200 meters into Lake Malawi each day to hide from predators, using tiny air sacs to control their depth. A rubber-like material called resilin lets them expand or ...

WAYNESBORO, VA (Rocktown Now) — On March 6, the Wildlife Center admitted an Allegheny Woodrat found living in a crawl space in Albemarle County. Unlike most patients that arrive due to injury, this ...

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In case you didn’t know this could happen, a woman in Greece sought medical help after she sneezed and maggots came out of her nose. Clinicians say this is the first documented case of a sheep bot fly ...

An odd little insect is the botfly. It irritates cattle and has no bristles. Odder still is a nameless fly, distant cousin to the housefly, whose larvae live by crawling into other insects, such as ...

A mass of writhing maggots on a decomposing murder victim is not a sight for the squeamish, but for some, it is evidence. A maggot’s age and species can give essential information to forensic ...