The oldest book of zoology was published on clay tablets more than 3,600 years ago, and reported the names of 396 types of wild animals known at the time. Ten of them were different kinds of fly.

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Flies and maggots can be a real problem in the summer, but there is a simple trick to help deter them from your wheelie bins ...

So you've just found maggots in your house – and are no doubt wondering not just why they are there but how they got there. Obviously, your first thought will be how to kill the maggots, but to avoid ...

How much would we have to pay you to eat a maggot? A lot, right? But soon you might be the one shelling out good money to down insects for dinner. The international investment bank Barclays is bullish ...

For years, maggots have been a powerful tool in medicine, quietly excelling in the treatment of chronic wounds. But despite the clinical evidence supporting their efficacy, maggots remain an underused ...

Maggot-infested meat likely provided Neanderthals and even some modern-day humans with a rich source of fat and nitrogen. Reading time 3 minutes Modern humanity’s most famous cousins, the Neanderthals ...

Lobsters are not pretty. Dip these unsightly creatures into warm butter, and they instantly become a different matter to most of us. Why, then, do we gag at the thought of eating insects? One ...