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, ...

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 ...

Parasitic larvae from flies known as New World screwworm are infesting cattle in Mexico, and officials are racing to slow ...

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

The U.S. typically imports over a million cattle from Mexico every year. The import suspension will likely contribute to ...

Although no Texas cases had been reported as of Tuesday, Johnson County Commissioner Larry Woolley warned of a potential screwworm fly infestation in mid to late summer. In May, the U.S. Department of ...

To say the New World Screwworm is a nasty parasite would be an understatement. The flesh-eating scourge that tortures cattle ...

What makes the larvae of this fly peculiar and deadly is that it feeds on the tissue of living animals rather than dead ones through small cuts found on their flesh.

Imports of livestock from the southern border have been banned due to the spread of a flesh-eating pest in Mexico, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Sunday.

Congress has found a rare point of unity: stopping U.S. cattle from getting swarmed by flesh-eating flies coming from Mexico. A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing forward the STOP Screwworms ...

New World Screwworm, a devastating parasite that eats cattle and other wild animals alive, is traveling north from Central ...