What’s the fastest, most reliable witness at a crime scene? No, it’s not a camera, it’s a fly. For decades, the tiny, timed life cycle of the blowfly (which includes, wait for it, maggots) has been a ...

The state of Texas has just devised a unique system for dealing with maggots: "raining flies." A biological control program is using sterile flies and fly eggs to fight flesh-eating maggots. The ...