Texas wildlife officials are warning the state’s cattle industry to be on the lookout for a flesh-eating parasite that can be deadly for animals.

Going to America meant retracing the steps of many Fuzhounese immigrants before him. Ou borrowed money, paid a smuggler ...

Signs of screwworm infection can include irritated or depressed behavior, loss of appetite, head shaking, smell of decaying ...

A battle of beetles has won this contest celebrating close-up, macro, and micro photography revealing amazing hidden wonders ...

Named for its habit of screwing into the living flesh of warm-blooded animals with its razor-sharp mouth hooks, they are ...

The New World screwworm was eradicated from the state decades ago, but now officials are warning it may be poised to return.

The USDA bans Mexican cattle imports after screwworm discovery, prompting Texas officials to warn about the parasite's threat ...

A deadly parasite is being blamed for a halt in cattle imports from Mexico into the United States. The ban on imported cattle ...

The rare unfurling of an endangered plant that emits the smell of decaying flesh drew hundreds of devoted fans to a ...

At the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, a so-called corpse flower bloomed for the first time on Friday. The smell was not unlike ...

The monumental blooming marks the first time an Amorphophallus gigas — a plant native to Sumatra and lovingly nicknamed the ...

There is a good reason for the stink. The plant looks to attract carrion-eating beetles and flesh flies which pollinate the flowers within the spathe. The smell can be detected by these insects ...