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 ...

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 ...

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

eating the living flesh. After about seven days of feeding, the larvae drop to the ground, burrow into the soil and pupate, becoming an adult screwworm, according to the USDA. Flies emerge from ...

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 ...

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.

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

While the flies themselves are found in forests and ... The eggs then hatch into larvae (maggots) that burrow into the flesh, causing potentially deadly damage. An outbreak in Mexico has led ...