Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture ...

There are a lot of threats to Texas’ white-tailed deer population including Chronic Wasting Disease and the occasional ...

Scientists have discovered that fruit fly larvae can actually "taste" food texture, thanks to specialized neurons in their ...

It's similar to human tongues being able to register both taste and texture. "In the maggot," says Komarov, "what was thought ...

Anthropic Chief Executive Officer Dario Amodei said that his AI startup is racing to secure the computing power needed to meet demand for its generative AI chatbot Claude. “The surge in demand ...

Some creatures — like maggots — love to feed on decaying fruit. New research shows that they associate the texture of food with how tasty it is, too. So how did researchers figure that out?

For maggots, the experience of eating a succulent meal isn’t just about how their food tastes, but also how it feels.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture banned Mexican cattle imports after a screwworm was found on a cow near the Mexican-Guatemala border. That discovery has led Texas officials to warn the public to ...

The screwworm is a parasitic fly that lays eggs in the open wounds of animals, causing larvae to burrow into the flesh of a live ... Cases involving humans are rare. Phillip Kaufman is a ...

Remember, meat is tested to ensure that it is antibiotic-free. You don’t have to worry about cooking to “destroy antibiotics” or about antibiotics affecting human health because they aren’t there in ...