A video of a botfly larvae being extracted from a kitten's nostril has been watched more than 12 million times. Horrifying videos have emerged on TikTok recently showing removal of the parasites from ...

Life can be tough for a squirrel — pets chase them, they are thwarted from feasting on bird feeders, they get run over by cars and bikes when they act squirrely by zig-zagging across roads and trails.

The parasite’s scientific name is Cuterebra emasculator, which, from its Latin roots, translates as skin-boring testicle remover. In 1856 Asa Fitch (the nation’s first professional entomologist) ...

Watching this horrifying video clip of a botfly emerging from a dead rodent’s body may put you off them for life! But if you can see past the horror of the footage, there is plenty about this insect ...