For many people, having a fly swoop into your eye is an inconsequential nuisance. But for a 10-year-old boy in Turkey, this left a litter of maggots to grow under his lid. The boy, who lives in Tatvan ...

On Wednesday, doctors in France reported a rare case of tiny sheep bot fly larvae—aka maggots—infesting the outer surface of a man’s eyeball. The small, spiky larvae were seen slithering around the ...

A 53-year-old man went to a French emergency room complaining of a persistently itchy eye. He told his medical team that earlier that day while gardening, he had “felt something enter his right eye.” ...

Look in the mirror. Look closer. Is that pinkeye, or is something writhing around in there? Parasites have inspired some of the scariest cinematic monsters for a reason. There is tremendous shock ...

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Gardening is a spiritual experience where many people find peace and comfort in the turning of the soil and growing of plants. Or, it is until you find something truly horrid hiding under the dirt, ...