Roughly 60 years ago, the United States eradicated the New World screwworm, an insect that feeds on living tissue. But now, ...

Trichinosis, bacterial infections, and liver flukes are just a few of the health hazards lurking in uncooked larb. In some ...

"We think humans brought pyrite to the site with the intention of making fire. And this has huge implications, pushing back the earliest fire-making," said archaeologist Nick Ashton.

A type of flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback — and it’s creeping toward the United States. The new world screwworm is a blowfly whose larvae burrow into animal wounds and gorge on living tissue.

Maggots, a rancid smell and an unidentified brownish-red residue were among violations found by Washoe County health inspectors for the week of Sept. 20-26. Northern Nevada Public Health issues four ...

Two environmental nonprofits and more than two dozen Wicomico County residents filed a lawsuit this week accusing local officials, a private landowner and an Arkansas-based waste company of illegally ...

Scientists long thought that Neanderthals were avid meat eaters. Based on chemical analysis of Neanderthal remains, it seemed like they’d been feasting on as much meat as apex predators such as lions ...

The son is now facing charges, after his 79-year-old mother was found in "deplorable physical condition" and reportedly died shortly after her hospitalization. A Florida man is behind bars after his ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The New World screwworm (NWS) — a maggot which feeds off living flesh — is on Texas’s doorstep. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the pest was spotted by ...

OGDEN, Utah (KUTV) — The City of Ogden is now footing the bill for the stinky cleanup of a meat processing facility that was apparently left abandoned by the company running it. Three weeks after ...

The state of Texas has just devised a unique system for dealing with maggots: “raining flies.” A biological control program is using sterile flies and fly eggs to fight flesh-eating maggots. The ...

Neanderthals may not have relied as heavily on meat in the diet as previously believed. Earlier studies, based on analysis of nitrogen isotope ratios in their bones, suggested a diet that was ...