Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex ...

Action began in January, before an all-out strike in March. For locals, the flytipping, vermin, maggots and mess are taking a huge environmental and emotional toll ...

Maggots, those white, squirmy, wormy things, are the larval form of the Diptera species. In other words, they are baby flies. It turns out they really thrive in chronic, poorly healing wounds — ...

The girl who fell from the sky' was just 17 years old when she fell 10,000 feet from a crashing plane and into the Amazon ...

Juliane Koepcke fell from the sky into the Amazon Rainforest on Christmas Eve and survived 11 days alone with maggot-infested ...

Maggots can be creepy, crawly and … medicinal? In a new effort to heal wounded people in war zones, the U.K. government is sending maggots to places like Syria, Yemen and South Sudan, according to The ...

15:24, Wed, Jul 21, 2021 Updated: 15:37, Wed, Jul 21, 2021 Flies lay eggs and these turn into maggots. Maggots then become flies and lay more eggs. The cycle repeats! A maggot infestation is certainly ...

If unchecked, diabetes leads to damaged nerve endings, meaning small injuries can go unnoticed and turn into ulcers prone to life-threatening bacterial infections. The bacteria build a nearly ...

Leeches are particularly useful in two kinds of surgery -- reattaching fingers, and attaching flaps of skin in reconstructive surgery -- as the leeches help re-establish blood flow. Maggots can be ...

A customer has complained against a restaurant in Davao City after discovering that the lechon (roasted pig) served to him ...

A pizza takeaway has been told to make urgent hygiene improvements after maggots were found crawling across the floor. Dino's ...