Key Laboratory of Yangtze River Water Environment, Ministry of Education, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China ...

The sudden spread of dengue mosquitoes and larvae off-season has triggered serious concern among the health department. Experts warn that the recent downpours followed by intense heat have created ...

Three Clostridium botulinum outbreaks affected six people and one Trichinella spiralis outbreak had 18 patients. Shiga toxin-producing E. coli (STEC) and non-STEC both caused three small outbreaks ...

Cirrhosis of the liver is a severe condition, causing scarring and permanent damage to the liver. Life expectancy depends on the stage and type of liver cirrhosis, but it may vary between roughly ...

The lampricide application, announced in a Thursday press release, will target an estimated 4,800 sea lamprey larvae in the creek.

Researchers have found that besides sharks, bees and platypus, even fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields and navigate toward the negative electric potential using a small set of sensory ...

A French court on Thursday sentenced eight people to up to five years for smuggling eel larvae destined for Asian markets, in a scheme worth over $2 million that prosecutors likened to cocaine ...

Understanding this parasitic fly larva and the risk it may pose is the first step for preventing infestation Maggots. The very word invokes revulsion in many people. For veterinary professionals, the ...

A team of researchers led by Matthieu Louis found that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields and navigate toward the negative electric potential using a small set of sensory neurons in their ...

Plaster bagworms may be sound unfamiliar to most people, compared to other insects such as mosquitoes, bees and wasps, even though these peculiar pests can be seen strewn over their house walls.