A female fly begins by staking out a worker ... it was on a death march. And the parasite was in the driver's seat. "Parasitized ants were highly mobile after they left the nest and ultimately ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said May 11 that it is suspending imports of livestock through Mexico because of New World ...

The New World Screwworm would like a word. Despite the name, the parasitic insect is actually a fly. It looks similar to a housefly, but it lays eggs inside wounds and has larvae that eat through ...

A parasite, the New World Screwworm, is actually a fly. Female screwworm flies lay eggs in wounds or body openings of mammals ...

The fungus that zombifies humanity in the show is based on Ophiocordyceps, a real fungal group that infects ants, takes over their brains and ... The Surprising Science of Parasitic Mind-Control. Host ...