The new world screw worm, a species of fly that lays its eggs in the open wounds of warm-blooded animals, is making a comeback Every week, without fail, specially-modified light aircraft take off ...
For decades, scientists have been quietly fighting to eradicate the new world screw worm – a species of fly that lays its eggs in the open wounds of warm-blooded animals, causing agonising ...
The sex of an individual relies on chemistry rather than genetics. If a larva floats through the ocean and settles on the seafloor, it develops into a female. But if a larva lands on a female ...
A follower then slowed down the clip and focused on something that appeared to be moving at the end of a piece of fish, with some saying it looked like a "worm." Lee, who is known for his taste ...
Then came a period of regularly dead fish and much desperate searching for cause and diagnose. Eventually we realised we had Camallanus worms. Treatment seems to be a nightmare and the Internet is ...
“one worm’s trash is another worm’s treasure.” As scientists continue to explore the incredible potential of these plastic-eating larvae, the hope is that this small insect will inspire a ...
And Taeniasis is an infection you get from a tropical parasitic worm — the easy name is tapeworms [which can be carried by pigs]. What happens is when you're infected with a tapeworm, usually from raw ...
Editor's note: This post originally published on May 9 and has been updated. "A worm ... got into my brain and ate a portion of it and then died." These are words nobody wants to say. They were ...