The fish appear to favor the locale not for the sights, but for their neighbors—tiny spider crabs that feast on the animal’s ...

Deep in the humid lowlands of southern Mexico, engineers, veterinarians and entomologists are racing to finish a new plant that could determine whether the country can eradicate the flesh-eating ...

The New World screwworm, whose larva “screws” into the skin and can infect humans as well as livestock, will be here within four months, experts say Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

If you’re of a certain generation, you’re likely to have clear memories of weekly dosings with cod liver oil (or castor oil, if you were particularly unlucky), a practice that was ostensibly a worm ...

The U.S. has confirmed the first case of a flesh-eating parasite in a human, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Monday. New World screwworm (NWS) is a species of parasitic flies ...

“We are continuing to work with our partners to investigate this outbreak," said Su Mably with Public Health Wales Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE ...