The parasite’s scientific name is Cuterebra emasculator, which, from its Latin roots, translates as skin-boring testicle remover. In 1856 Asa Fitch (the nation’s first professional entomologist) ...
An animal rescue center in Virginia has urged people to think twice before rushing to help squirrels covered in strange skin lumps, warning that what looks like a disease is often a parasite at work.