Maggots may help solve rape cases, suggests a new study. Blowfly eggs and larvae can carry crucial evidence - such as sperm - which could help in sexual assault investigations, say scientists.

The blowfly larvae bodies have evolved to closely resemble those of the termites, the researchers report February 10 in Current Biology. Inside the nest, termites recognize each other through touch, ...

This reduces the emergence of blowflies, which attack sheep by laying eggs on their backsides that ... found that heath goannas perform a superior blowfly control service to introduced European ...