The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying a flesh-eating parasite has moved further north in ...

And if so, how can you send them packing? ‘Well, most of them would prefer to be outside,’ says Adam Hart, professor of ...

Here’s how to keep these disease-carrying pests away from your family. There’s nothing more annoying than the persistent buzz of a fly indoors, not to mention the fact that some flies can transmit ...

Historically, the screwworm was a big problem in several areas of the southern U.S. prior to its eradication in the 1960s.

The immature fly larvae, or maggots, feed on the living tissues of hosts, burrowing into the animal’s tissue, causing tremendous damage and often resulting in the host’s death.

US has reclosed its southern border after a flesh-eating parasite is seen further north in Mexico The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports.

USDA announces new Texas facility to breed sterile New World screwworm flies as part of an effort to combat the flesh-eating ...

Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized flies and drop them from the sky.

USDA combats flesh-eating New World Screwworm by breeding sterilized flies for release over Mexico and Texas, with a new fly factory planned for 2026.

An outbreak of New World screwworms — the larval form of a type of fly that’s known to nest in the wounds of warm-blooded animals and slowly eat them alive — has been spreading across ...