Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex ...

Maggots, those white, squirmy, wormy things, are the larval form of the Diptera species. In other words, they are baby flies. It turns out they really thrive in chronic, poorly healing wounds — ...

Maggots may be the key to more accurately determining when people died, according to Florida researchers, pointing to the genetic makeup of larvae. The findings build on previous methods that ...

Baking soda isn’t effective at killing maggots. Boiling water is the fastest method to kill maggots. To prevent maggots and flies from returning, thoroughly clean the area and remove waste and ...

Insects may soon be used to solve complex Murder cases in Kenya once the judicial system gives a nod to forensic entomology. Forensic Entomology allows experts to use insects from the crime scenes to ...

A maggot is a larva of the common fly. Maggots have soft bodies and no legs, so they look a bit like worms. They usually have a reduced head that can retract into the body. Maggot commonly refers to ...

Maggots can be gross and unsanitary. If your home has been infested with maggots, you will need to know how to remove them safely and effectively. The only way to eradicate a maggot infestation is to ...

Phyllis Hulme’s family and friends were aghast when she told them doctors planned to put maggots on her leg ulcer. “I got some horrified looks. I think they thought: she’s old, she doesn’t know any ...