RAYMONDVILLE, Texas (ValleyCentral) — Gov. Greg Abbott made a stop in Raymondville on Thursday to discuss the steps the state ...

New world screwworm is a parasitic fly. Unlike most flies that lay eggs on dead tissue, this one lays its eggs in open wounds ...

A warming climate is disrupting the delicate balance of nature. An international team of scientists led by entomologists from ...

The New World screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into parasitic larvae ...

Scientists at the University of Stirling uncovered the surprising strength of Encarsia formosa, a parasitic wasp.

A tiny worm turns static electricity into a powerful weapon, launching itself through the air to catch flying prey.

The jewel wasp uses one of the most extreme parasitic strategies found in nature. After manipulating a cockroach’s behavior, the wasp lays its eggs inside a living host. The larvae then develop by ...

Zombie flies are only about one millimeter across, about the size of a few grains of sugar. alvick via iNaturalist, CC-BY-NC On a fall night, under an outdoor light, a bee stumbles in circles, far ...

In the animal phylum Nematomorpha (“thread-shaped” in Greek), horsehair worms are long, slender aquatic worms (also called wire worms). Unlike earthworms, horsehair worms’ smooth bodies are not ...

A strobed, time-lapse image of a parasitic nematode landing on a fly after launching itself into the air. The fly, which naturally develops an electrical charge while flying, induces an opposite ...