Bot flies are not generally considered festive. This is especially true if you are a reindeer, which often have reindeer nasal bot flies, or snot bots, as they are affectionately known. The nasal bot ...

Long talk story about the bot fly, and Dr. Townsend-Dr. Langmuir controversy as to its speed. Dr. Townsend,a specialist in the study of Diptera (flies, gnats, and mosquitoes), first published his ...

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 ...

Say the word “fly” to someone and you likely will get a negative reaction. There are legitimate reasons for this. Tsetse and bot flies, pesky houseflies and savagely biting horseflies contribute to ...

This is the grossest thing you’ll see all day This is the grossest thing you’ll see all day is a reporter who writes about tech, money, and human behavior. She joined The Verge in 2014 as science ...

Life can be tough for a squirrel — pets chase them, they are thwarted from feasting on bird feeders, they get run over by cars and bikes when they act squirrely by zig-zagging across roads and trails.