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. “It ...

In last week's column we discussed reasons you might want to keep your cat strictly indoors. Well, here is another one: the Cuterebra botfly. Cuterebra is a type of botfly that lays its eggs around ...

This week on Dr. Jeff: Rocky Mountain Vet, a dog is rushed in for emergency surgery and a rabbit has some Bot Fly larvae growing inside it. Some growths on the neck of a family pet have ruptured and ...

The Atlantic Wildlife Institute has been busy removing parasites from animals the last few weeks like one poor chipmunk that became a burrow for a botfly. Pam Novak, the institute's director, said ...

Fair warning. This video is about the botfly's horrific larvae, which grow and feed in human flesh. Don't say we didn't warn you. from what you're about to see. This is not a baby goat. from horses to ...