Maggots may be the key to more accurately determining when people died, according to Florida researchers, pointing to the genetic makeup of larvae. The findings build on previous methods that ...

HENRICO COUNTY, Va. — Social services investigators determined a Henrico County nursing home resident, who said his wound became infested with maggots, was neglected at his facility due to a lapse in ...

An Australian cafe has responded after a customer found live maggots inside one of its ham and cheese croissants. In a TikTok clip uploaded on Monday, which now has three million views, a user named ...

In 1970, a 45-foot, 8-ton sperm whale washed ashore near Florence, Oregon. The Oregon State Highway Division decided to dispose of the carcass using dynamite. Florence will celebrate the 55th ...

A type of flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback — and it’s creeping toward the United States. The new world screwworm is a blowfly whose larvae burrow into animal wounds and gorge on living tissue.

Fifty-five years ago, a dead sperm whale washed ashore near Florence — and what happened next became one of the most infamous moments in state history. Engineers from the Oregon Highway Division, ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. L.A.-based Exploding Kittens and founder Elan Lee add a big dose of “fun” into “fundamentally changing a business ...

From the human perspective, maggots are thoroughly disgusting, and when meat is infested with them it means it is spoiled and needs to be thrown away immediately. But according to one researcher, the ...

Scientists long thought that Neanderthals were avid meat eaters. Based on chemical analysis of Neanderthal remains, it seemed like they’d been feasting on as much meat as apex predators such as lions ...

A lot of things can attack Hornet in Silksong, but one of the grossest has to be the maggots. Fall into the wrong water and you’ll get covered in the wiggly things. There aren’t a lot of ways to ...