Learn the warning signs of New World screwworm in cats and dogs and when to call a vet; early care can prevent fatal ...

In July, Mexican officials found an NWS case in Veracruz, 370 miles from the US border. On Sunday, Mexico’s National Service of Agro-Alimentary Health, Safety, and Quality (SENASICA) confirmed the ...

Arizona's agriculture and animal health experts are preparing against potential cases of New World screwworm, a parasitic fly detected in Mexico.

State health officials have issued a health advisory warning about a rare and previously eradicated parasite that can burrow itself into the flesh of humans and animals.

The New World screwworm fly (Cochliomyia hominivorax) is a type of blowfly whose larvae infest their host externally and feed on body tissue. Photo: Getty Images/Dinar Bud/Happy Sloth (Kreis) The New ...

The flesh-eating fly larvae, which have been detected in Mexico, were declared eradicated from Texas in the 1960s.

The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a horror movie, ...

Invasive spotted wing drosophila has been documented for the first time in the Yakama Nation’s huckleberry fields. This article explores how tribal students are studying the pest, the cultural ...

TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a ...

In this January 2024 photo provided by the Panama-United States Commission for the Eradication and Prevention of Cattle Screwworms (COPEG), a worker drops New World screwworm fly larvae into a tray at ...

Efforts to contain an insect species that’s threatening fruit crops in the Inland Empire prompted the California Department of Food & Agriculture to impose a quarantine to limit the movement of ...