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 ...

Under your skin, a parasite could be eating you alive until it develops into this horrifying insect, the botfly. So what would happen if botflies infested your body? How would the larvae eat you alive ...

Mouth larvae are parasites that hatch and live inside the oral cavities of human and animal hosts. These pests can cause a dangerous infection called oral myiasis. This disorder rarely occurs in ...

While there are plenty of beautiful sights in nature, occurrences in the animal kingdom can also be downright nasty. One such ...

A U.K. woman who complained of general illnesses and itchy raised lesions on her scalp after a trip to Argentina likely never guessed her symptoms were stemming from wriggling botfly larvae that were ...

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 ...