The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert to clinicians Tuesday, warning that the savage, flesh ...

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 ...

A rare human case of a deadly parasite infestation has become the latest unsettling pathogen to make headlines in the United States. A New World Screwworm case was confirmed by the Centers for Disease ...

"Stay vigilant and prepare immediately," Texas Department of Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller warned state residents.

Neanderthals became known as carnivores because of their hunting, but scientists now say this is inaccurate - Science History/Alamy Neanderthals loved eating maggots and were not the total carnivores ...

The state of Texas has just devised a unique system for dealing with maggots: “raining flies.” A biological control program is using sterile flies and fly eggs to fight flesh-eating maggots. The ...