Rebecca Flood is Newsweek's Audience Editor for Life & Trends, and joined in 2021 as a senior reporter. Rebecca specializes in lifestyle and viral trends, extensively covering social media ...

After ‘dust’ entered a young man’s eyes while he was cycling, the cause of a foreign body sensation in his right eye was ...

Picture a female human botfly laying eggs on another insect ... indicated that surgical removal of the larva is not always necessary. They describe local residents in Belize suffocating larvae ...

The botfly larva was removed intact and alive. The doctors explained that this case highlights the importance of early detection and removal of botfly larvae, as a failure to do so can lead to ...

The bodies of flesh fly larvae grow darker as they progress through pupal development. Human botfly larvae are commonly known as white maggots. Their appearance evolves as the larvae move through ...

It’s a nickname the 7-year-old San Gabriel resident gave himself after a botfly larva latched onto his scalp and burrowed inside his head during a trip to Costa Rica with his parents last month.

An Australian couple got more than they bargained for from their vacation. Jan. 11, 2013— -- An Australian couple got more than they bargained for from their Bolivian vacation when they ...

A nasal botfly larva lodged in the nostril of a recently-killed spike buck. Natalie Krebs You think you’ve seen it all as a hunter. Gut-shot messes, engorged-tick infestations, predator-shredded ...