Perhaps it’s because these scientists are privy to the bumblebee-sized human botfly’s incredible life cycle, which just so happens to come at the expense of our physical and psychological comfort.

The United States has suspended all animal imports from Mexico due to a parasitic fly that can produce flesh-eating maggots. New World screwworms are the cause of the indefinite suspension of ...

Flies emerge from the soil seven to 54 days later and then the cycle begins again. During a lifespan, female New World Screwworms can lay up to 3,000 eggs, the USDA states. Infected animals tend ...

The screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) has continued to spread among the endangered deer, which have a total population of only 1,300 to 1,500, says Kate Watts, a biologist with the Florida ...