Maggots could help tackle the looming crisis of antibacterial resistance, according to researchers from Swansea University, who found that certain molecules in the secretions of green bottle fly ...

The immature stage of the drone fly (Eristalis tenax) is known as a "rat-tailed maggot" because it resembles a hairless baby rodent with a "tail" that is actually used as a breathing tube. Rat-tailed ...

Jumping probably isn't an ability that most people would associate with tiny creepy crawlies like maggots, but some, such as the larva of the goldenrod gall midge, can actually leap distances far ...

Mike Wise is fascinated by the beasts that infest goldenrods. After gall midge eggs hatch on the plants, the emerging larvae ('maggots') stimulate the plant to produce a gall which the developing ...

Researchers in Britain are investigating the antibacterial secretions of maggots in the hope they could lead to the development of new antibiotics. Matthew Stock reports. Kings could look to trade ...