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

The U.S. Department of Agriculture last month stopped the movement of cows, horses and bison between Mexico and the U.S.

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 ...

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

Screwworms are parasitic flies whose females lay eggs in wounds ... larvae use their sharp mouths to burrow through living flesh feeding, enlarging the wound and eventually killing their host ...

The flies cause myiasis, an infection of flesh-eating maggots that burrow into the skin of living animals, causing serious and often fatal damage, Reuters reported. The New World screwworms get ...

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 ...

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service announced it will host a webinar Monday afternoon to provide more information to ...