Mexico's New World Screwworm outbreak halts livestock imports at the southern border as US officials work to prevent the ...

After a decades-long campaign to beat the parasites down to Panama, they’re speeding back up north.

While the fly larvae in the open wound is disturbing enough, the infection they cause is even more so. The flies cause myiasis, an infection of flesh-eating maggots that burrow into the skin of ...

Following rumors of an insect being found in Missouri that is deadly to animals, the Missouri Department of Agriculture released a statement debunking the misinformation.

Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing ...

The New World Screwworm, a parasitic fly, has re-emerged as a potential threat to livestock and humans in the United States.

An invasive fly whose larvae feed on live flesh has prompted the suspension of all live cattle, horse, and bison imports from Mexico, NPR reported. The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the ...

A female fly lays eggs in a wound or orifice of a live, warm-blooded animal. The eggs then hatch into larvae (maggots) that burrow into the flesh, causing potentially deadly damage. Screwworms are ...

U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz hope to fund an operation to kill the parasitic fly before too much damage is done.

The situation is already impacting the food supply chain. 'Painful' flesh-eating insect once eradicated from US prompts ...

When the fly lays its eggs in open wounds, the larvae eat the flesh of animals. Pets and livestock are particularly ...