Tiny flies can transform minor mouth sores into a serious condition known as oral myiasis. This rare occurrence begins when flies lay eggs in open wounds, leading to larvae feeding on damaged tissue.

For the first time, scientists have cryopreserved and revived the larvae of a sea star species. The breakthrough, made with the giant pink star, gives hope the technique could be repeated to save the ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Fossils usually leave us with bones turned to stone, the hard remains of creatures long gone. But every so often, nature offers something far rarer — a glimpse of soft tissue that survived for ...

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - The very first direct setting project in the Gulf is underway, and it could be revolutionary for the oyster industry. Divers took buckets of 125 million oyster larvae and ...

Larvae-attracting gel could help repopulate decimated coral reefs By Ben Coxworth May 26, 2025 The SNAP-X gel could help attract free-swimming planktonic coral larvae to decimated reefs, ultimately ...

The substance, applied to surfaces as a coating, improved coral larvae settlement by up to 20 times in experiments compared to untreated surfaces Coral larvae are picky about where they attach and ...

Armando Falcon-Brindis was busy with work at the University of Idaho’s Parma Research and Extension Center last summer when a request came in from an Eagle homeowner to identify the dozens of larvae ...

While it may be an unfamiliar sensation to humans, electroreception is relatively commonplace in the animal kingdom. Sharks, bees and even the platypus all share this ability to detect electric fields ...

SEATTLE — Researchers are waging a quiet battle in the Pacific Northwest to protect one of the region’s most iconic species — the Dungeness crab. Using light traps, scientists at the MaST Center ...

Utilisation of BSF larvae could help to stem the expansion of damaging palm oil production, researchers from UK-based consultancy Tunley Environmental, claim in a new study. Cultivation of palm for ...

A threat actor tracked as 'EncryptHub,' aka Larva-208, has been targeting organizations worldwide with spear-phishing and social engineering attacks to gain access to corporate networks. According to ...