An entomologist at Harvard University has decided to let bot fly larvae grow inside his own skin and filmed the process by which the maggots crawled out of his skin two months later. It's not ...

Get a compelling long read and must-have lifestyle tips in your inbox every Sunday morning — great with coffee! Piotr Naskrecki isn’t kidding: once you see the time-lapse video he posted online of a ...

The parasite’s scientific name is Cuterebra emasculator, which, from its Latin roots, translates as skin-boring testicle remover. In 1856 Asa Fitch (the nation’s first professional entomologist) ...

Confession: I'm kind of obsessed with bot flies. In fact, I've probably watched every single bot fly larvae removal video on YouTube. So I was obviously predisposed to enjoy this short documentary by ...

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Entomologist and wildlife photographer Piotr Naskrecki is not squeamish. He recently allowed two human bot fly larvae to grow to maturity under his skin and documented the process in a short film.

Doctors thought the strange, bleeding bumps on Aaron Dallas’ head might be from gnat bites or shingles. Then the bumps started moving. A doctor found five active bot fly larvae living beneath the skin ...

CARBONDALE, Colo. — Doctors thought the strange, bleeding bumps on Aaron Dallas’ head might be from gnat bites or shingles. The bumps then started moving. A doctor found five active bot fly larvae ...

DEAR JOAN: I put out food today and noticed a squirrel that appears to have a large growth on its shoulder. Does this seem like a “normal” abnormality that’ll take care of itself, or is this youngster ...