While there are plenty of beautiful sights in nature, occurrences in the animal kingdom can also be downright nasty. One such example can be seen in the Instagram post by @natureuncharted. In the ...

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.

CARBONDALE – For five weeks, five botflies found a home in Aaron Dallas’ head. “It was weird and traumatic,” said Dallas, of Carbondale. Not to mention painful, he said. “I would get this pain that ...

You think you’ve seen it all as a hunter. Gut-shot messes, engorged-tick infestations, predator-shredded carcasses. You’ve been elbows-deep in a chest cavity, severing a windpipe while pink foam oozes ...

Nota bene: This week’s creature is a spine-covered parasitic larva that burrows into living human beings, feeding on their flesh and growing positively plump. Some descriptions here might be hard to ...