Black soldier fly larvae could help to create sustainable animal feed and solve the world’s food waste problem. Each year humans waste more than one billion tons of food, or a third of all food ...

Health officials are warning of a parasitic fly whose larvae feed on living tissue and can infest humans. The larvae feed on healthy tissue, according to health experts. New World Screwworm was ...

The United States has confirmed its first human case of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly larva that feeds on living tissue, raising concerns about the pest’s northward spread. Human case ...

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Inexpensive to raise and insatiably hungry for trash, black soldier fly larvae are already on the menu for livestock, pets and, maybe soon, people Black soldier fly larvae grow in a high-tech facility ...

A 53-year-old man was found to have more than a dozen maggots in his eye following a spot of gardening, according to a medical case report. The individual from France presented to the emergency ...

A U.S. patient was diagnosed with New World screwworm, which is rare in humans. Are North Carolina residents safe? An outbreak of NWS is underway in Central America according to the U.S. Department of ...

The New World screwworm typically infests livestock like cattle but can also affect humans, with the infestation described as "very painful" Michael Nied has been a digital news editor with PEOPLE ...