Known to science as Dermatobia hominis, the human botfly can be found across Central and South America. A reasonably common ...

A specific breed of flies could be the livestock industry's best defense against a flesh-eating threat poised to invade the ...

Scientists have discovered two new species of ancient parasitic fungi preserved in amber dating back 99 million years. The fungi were growing out of the bodies of host insects that became trapped in ...

Parasite biology articles from across Nature Portfolio Parasite biology is the study of all biological aspects of parasites and parasitic diseases, including the structure, growth, development ...

The U.S. closes its southern border due to New World screwworm fly, a flesh-eating parasite that has decimated cattle ranches ...

The U.S. has again ceased livestock imports from Mexico related to the presence of the parasitic New World screwworm fly closer to the border.

It’s pretty rare, but just like us mammals, some flies actually give live birth. One of them is a parasitic fly species Ormia ...

The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying that a flesh-eating parasite has moved farther ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture works to neutralize -- again -- the flesh-eating larva of the New World Screwworm fly.

A study published in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America, offers the most detailed view to date of how this ...