Hailing from the Cambrian period some 520 million years ago, the larva represents a whole new genus and species of euarthropod called Youti yuanshi. Such a small speck of rock might be easily ...

There are a number of species of beetle in the UK that will attack natural fibres such as wool, silk, fur, feathers and skins. It is the immature larvae forms that cause the damage, rather than the ...

These eggs then hatch into larvae, which burrow into the wound and feed on the surrounding flesh with their sharp, hooked mouths, essentially eating their hosts from the inside out. The wound ...