A 58-year-old woman in Greece appears to hold the record for growing a parasitic sheep bot fly in her nose the longest, ...

An Instagram video shows a botfly being removed from a horse’s nasal cavity. The nasal botfly primarily chooses sheep and goats as hosts, and they only occasionally infest horses. These botflies ...

Black soldier fly larvae could help to create sustainable animal feed and solve the world’s food waste problem. Each year humans waste more than one billion tons of food, or a third of all food ...

People and animals create lots of waste that is usually sent to landfills, incinerated, or stored in engineered ponds such as manure lagoons. Now, researchers report a potential removal method using ...

A 53-year-old man was found to have more than a dozen maggots in his eye following a spot of gardening, according to a medical case report. The individual from France presented to the emergency ...

According to the report, the woman worked outdoors on a Greek island in proximity to grazing livestock. She recalled being ...

The New World screwworm fly is a type of blowfly whose larvae feed on the flesh of their victims. Currently, the parasite is spreading in North America, threatening not only livestock but also dogs, ...

New research demonstrates how using airflow can keep black soldier fly larvae, an important animal protein source, from overheating while feeding as a collective. Black soldier fly larvae devour food ...

A worker collects black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens) larvae at the production plant in Guapiles, Costa Rica - Copyright AFP Ezequiel BECERRA A worker collects ...