Need a mobile home? An incubation chamber? Dinner? Hundreds of species have hit on an elegant solution: find a nice juicy ...

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

Nematodes tiny yet mighty form wriggling towers to survive and travel as a team. Long thought to exist only in labs, ...

Today's Bug of the Week raises the “ick” factor to a higher level. Looking like something out of a sci-fi movie, Vivivanne ...

Insect-based feed offers a sustainable solution to reduce environmental impact and combat antimicrobial resistance in ...

The facility will breed millions of sterile New World screwworm flies at Moore Air Base, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins ...

On top of the freakiness of them, Penn State states how the worm produces a neurotoxin known as tetrodotoxin. Tetrodotoxin can irritate the skin of humans who come into contact with them, and might ...

Ryan meets with Barbara van Asch, a senior lecturer at Stellenbosch University, to discuss the mopane worm, whose genetic ...

Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...

At about 2 inches long, Shibabdella wulingensis is considered a “medium-sized” leech, according to researchers. Its body is “ flat and cylindrical,” and “creamy or pinkish–white” in color, the study ...

Wild Things columnist Eric Brown is buzzing with enthusiasm about the varied insects to be found during a record sunny spring ...

An insect, the New World Screwworm (NWS), is being described as one that could have a “devastating impact on livestock herds across the country.” The ...