RAWALPINDI: The district health department detected dengue larva in 12 union councils of Rawal Town during the first two days of its campaign against dengue virus. All Punjab government department ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant spider, are experts at misdirection and their ability to confuse predators ...

Officials of Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC) on Saturday fined 12 households across the city after mosquito larvae were found during the door-to-door anti-larvae campaign being run on the ...

Cutaneous larva migrans (CLM) is a skin condition that’s caused by several species of parasite. You may also see it referred to as “creeping eruption” or “larva migrans.” CLM is typically seen in warm ...

Toxocara larvae, mostly of the species T. canis and T. cati, can infest human hosts to cause various clinical manifestations. These include visceral and ocular larva migrans. Ocular larva migrans is a ...

When frogs and toads see Epomis beetle larvae waggling their antennae and jiggling their jaws, they must think, "Aha! Easy meal." But in a freaky turnabout, the little larvae latch onto the bodies of ...

During its lifetime, a frog will snap up thousands of insects with its sticky, extendable tongue. But if it tries to eat an Epomis beetle, it’s more likely to become a meal than to get one. These ...