Screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into maggots that feed on the surrounding flesh as they burrow deeper.

From Episode 1 of A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, we’re introduced to a little, shiny-domed precocious child who appears to be little more than a tavern owner’s ...

A parasitic wasp castrates its moth larvae hosts by injecting them with a ‘domesticated’ virus that causes cells in the larvae’s testes to die. Now, scientists know exactly how the virus does its ...

The parasite, Heterobilharzia americana, can cause canine schistosomiasis and was recently detected along the Colorado River after dogs fell ill near Blythe, California, marking a spread beyond its ...

From a toe-tapping disco classic to a pair of Mafia movies that cemented themselves in popular culture, these films from the 1970s are endlessly rewatchable.

The deep sea anglerfish lives in a place where sunlight never reaches and pressure crushes almost everything. In that ...