They then diagnosed him with cutaneous larva migrans—a parasitic skin infection caused by hookworm larvae, baby worms that haven’t yet developed into adults.

Discover how an algae-based gel enhances coral restoration by attracting larvae to damaged reefs, increasing settlement rates by up to 20 times.

Galls shelter the larvae of the insects that made them grow, and they protect newborns from predators, parasitoids and adverse weather conditions.

As extreme weather and human activity degrade the world's arable land, scientists and developers are looking at new and largely unproven methods to save soil for agriculture.

High-speed video captures how cannibalistic mosquito larvae snag their prey Two species launch their heads like a harpoon; a third relies on tail sweeps.

Scientists studied baby corals and found that some species stay very close to their parents while others travel huge ...

The larva also has tentacles around its body that mimic termite antennae, allowing the blowfly to trick termites it encounters at any side. R. Vila It is unclear how blowfly larvae end up in the ...

A Florida man with worsening migraines was found to have parasitic tapeworm larvae in his brain, according to a report published this month in the American Journal of Case Reports. Doctors believe ...

A Texas undergrad is investigating how to grow vegetables on Mars — and has cultivated test samples of English peas in simulated Martian soil, with fertilizer from fly larvae.

A survey on larvae of Japanese wasps revealed that not only is their diet more diverse than previously thought, it also showed that wild colonies prey on more species of vertebrates than had been ...

Coral babies on the move: How larvae's long-distance journeys strengthen reef populations by University of Queensland edited by Stephanie Baum, reviewed by Robert Egan Editors' notes ...

The connections within the brain of a baby fly have been mapped in full, creating the largest whole-brain “connectome” described to date. It should allow researchers to understand how signals ...