Most people picture bees as organized insects that move in and out of a hive with purpose. Workers collect nectar. Others guard the entrance. Some care for the young. The colony runs like a complex ...

The natural range of the New World screwworm fly extends from the southern states of the USA through Central America and the ...

FRESNO, Calif. - Northern California scientists say they have found a possible explanation for a honey bee die-off that has decimated hives around the world: A parasitic fly that hijacks the bees' ...

A creature that burrows headfirst into flesh, driving sharp hooks into open wounds and feeding on their hosts? It sounds like the stuff of a horror movie. That’s the New World screwworm, a parasite ...

Think there's nothing worse than a common housefly? The New World Screwworm would like a word. Despite the name, the parasitic insect is actually a fly. It looks similar to a housefly, but it lays ...

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NPR's Scott Simon speaks with entomologist Edwin Burgess about a plan to combat flash-eating maggots threatening U.S. livestock. It involves breeding billions of flies and dropping them from planes.

The notorious disease known as sleeping sickness can lurk inside a host for months or even years before serious symptoms ...