Category Climate Change
If the name “screwworm” makes you squirm, good—you’re getting the right idea. It’s a type of blowfly whose larvae burrow into living flesh. Yeah. Ouch. What Is a Screwworm? The New World screwworm is actually a type of fly. It… Continue Reading →
A 46,000-year-old worm has been revived from the Russian permafrost—could deadly germs be next? In 2020, I wrote a series of blog posts about whether ancient microbes could survive millennia in the ice. As it turns out, some can. This… Continue Reading →