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

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

The New World Screwworm (NWS, Cochliomyia hominivorax) is a parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere. It lays eggs in ...

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

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

Live maggots outperform traditional surgery in healing chronic wounds. Medical maggot therapy shows faster recovery times and ...

A small, pale maggot about a half-inch long could cost New Mexico cattle ranchers greatly if it gets back into the country. One of the state's senators introduced new legislation to combat the New ...

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 U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service inspected livestock for a flesh-eating ...

Sweet cherry season will be here in just a few weeks. Here is some information about preventing wormy cherries in your crop.