New World screwworm larvae are less than an inch long but can cause major injuries in humans, including wounds and open sores ...

In a story that would haunt officers, Lacey Ellen Fletcher "rotted in her own body" following severe neglect by her parents, ...

Intestinal parasites can cause symptoms such as stomach pain to serious complications. How to reduce the risk?

I am sure in the past few weeks you have heard more and more about the New World screwworm (NWS). NWS infestation occurs when ...

Five-month-old Harry is now seeking a home in the UK after being used and abused in his home country of Egypt - and rescuers ...

Seventeen doctors and a nurse from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, and the United States told reporters they repeatedly treated Palestinian children with single gunshot wounds ...

It should have been a perfect evening; watching the Spanish sun slowly easing into the deep blue sea while eating dinner with ...

One little kitten who was used to entertain children in a cruel game of fetch has never been shown what human kindness truly ...

A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon.

Science writer Mary Roach chronicles both the history and the latest science of body part replacement in her new book. She ...

It’s a little complicated to weigh a dying person on a hospital bed, but that didn’t matter to Duncan MacDougall. In the early 20th century, MacDougall’s unique, purpose-built scale was ready to ...