State and federal officials are gearing up to stop the advance of a parasitic fly that is less than 70 miles from the United ...

A flesh-eating parasitic fly is invading North and Central America. The consequences could be severe for the cattle industry, but this parasite is not picky—it will infest a wide range of hosts, ...

A flesh-eating parasitic fly is invading North and Central America. The consequences could be severe for the cattle industry, but this parasite is not picky – it will infest a wide range of hosts, ...

The U.S Department of Agriculture (USDA) has shut down animal imports at the southern border following an outbreak of a deadly flesh-eating parasite, with concerns of the return of the eradicated pest ...

Mexican agricultural authorities have detected a new case of New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, about 70 miles south of the U.S.-Mexico border near Laredo, Texas. Arizona's agricultural ...

California researchers are preparing for the possible return of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that feeds on living flesh and once devastated U.S. livestock. By monitoring traps and ...

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year, announcing its intent Wednesday to breed millions of the insects in Texas near the border with Mexico as part of ...

The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, ...

New World screwworm larva close up, and the mouth hooks they use to eat living flesh. The last time the New World screwworm invaded the U.S., it devastated livestock and required a decades-long ...