The U.S. has blocked imports of live cattle, horses, and bison through southern border ports following the resurgence in Mexico of the New World Screwworm, a parasitic fly that infects animals and ...

By looking at maggots’ genes and metabolic changes, investigators can better predict time of death, the researchers said.

The United States has suspended all animal imports from Mexico due to a parasitic fly that can produce flesh-eating maggots. New World screwworms are the cause of the indefinite suspension of animal ...

A study led by Nikita Komarov and Simon Sprecher at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, has discovered neurons in the fly larva mouth that allow the taste of food texture. Published in the ...

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into figuring out why and... Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just ...

On a fall night, under an outdoor light, a bee stumbles in circles, far from its hive. It cannot fly. Soon, its tormentor reveals itself: a writhing maggot breaks through its neck—killing the bee.

To fit more food in their stomachs, some flies try to reduce the liquid in what they have already eaten. They regurgitate ...

Ever bite into a delicious-looking apple, only to be rewarded with a chunk of mealy pulp? Or take a swig of milk, and get something lumpy in your mouth? Yeah, yuck. Well, it turns humans have company ...