Watching this horrifying video clip of a botfly emerging from a dead rodent’s body may put you off them for life! But if you ...

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) ...

Marcia Pierce photographed this poor squirrel in her Kings Grant yard. “The sores he has are absolutely hideous,” Pierce wrote. The squirrel has warbles. Warbles are the larvae of the botfly, or ...

What does a student who has an interest in research, parasites, diseases and infections do? Study bot fly infestation on ground squirrels of course. Last summer, Cal State Fullerton biology and health ...

SEMINOLE COUNTY, Fla. – A Winter Springs resident discovered what appeared to be a sick-looking squirrel resting on her window ledge, prompting a lot of questions. Rene, who asked that News 6 does not ...