Though the tapeworm can develop within weeks in the human gut, cysticercosis is caused by the migration of larvae into soft tissues where they eventually calcify and form cysts. Here's a video I ...

A South Australian business is using black soldier fly larvae to convert food waste into pet food and products for the agriculture industry. Now the business has partnered with a local grape ...

Mophane worms, a species of emperor moth native to the warmer parts of southern Africa, primarily feed on mophane tree leaves. Peggy Kenosi, a mophane worm harvester from Tonota, a rural community on ...

The challenge of unearthing lost things and solving inscrutable puzzles is a driving force in the world of science. Such breakthroughs rarely happen in the derring-do fashion of the “Indiana Jones” ...

Male Darwin’s frogs actually carry tadpoles inside their vocal sacs as a protective act while the larvae metamorphose into froglets. Then, the frog dads spit out the froglets. Conservationists ...

Another attacks the anemonefish (also known as the clownfish, featured in the animated movie “Finding Nemo”), climbing through its gill arch as a tiny larva and then settling in the mouth ...

Why does it smell so bad? “It’s pollenated by flies and beetles that normally lay their eggs in dead animals so the larvae has something to eat when they hatch, but it smells like that to attract ...

Why does it smell so bad? “It’s pollenated by flies and beetles that normally lay their eggs in dead animals so the larvae has something to eat when they hatch, but it smells like that to ...

“If C. cyclolites is showing such strong responses to light, it could help us understand how other corals utilize light, whether it is for spawning, the behavior of larvae or the development of ...

A crane fly lays eggs in low-lying areas near water, which hatch as larvae. These larvae are called leather jackets and are brown or gray and cylinder-shaped. They have finger-like projections on ...