Parasitic tapeworm larvae release glutamate and other excitatory molecules that can directly excite brain neurons.

When a female cowbird is ready to have a baby, she’ll stake out another bird’s nest, wait until the coast is clear, then slip ...

The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to ...

Cowbird mothers abandon their eggs in the nests of other bird species, but the chicks somehow manage to find their flock and ...

Screwworm parasites primarily infect livestock, but human cases have risen in Central America after the pests escaped ...

The AI microscope will automate the tedious job of fecal egg counting, which is used to identify parasites in farm animals.

USDA releases billions of sterile flies from planes to fight deadly flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock.

The Department of Agriculture is pursuing a disgusting—but effective—strategy to eliminate the larva of the New World ...

Oral myiasis, a rare parasitic infestation, occurs when fly larvae invade mouth tissues due to poor hygiene, wounds, or weakened immunity. Primarily f ...

The United States government is dropping $8.5 million to build a factory in Texas that will mass-produced infertile New World Screwworm (NWS) flies, with the sole mission of eradicating a flesh-eating ...

To boost your garden’s ladybug population to control pests naturally, an expert warns against a common mistake.