Missouri authorities are investigating a fake press release about the damaging livestock pest New World screwworm that ...

With no U.S. cases yet, AgriLife's upcoming session will highlight crucial screwworm prevention strategies for ranchers.

Mexico had stepped up efforts to control the spread of the pest last month under pressure from the United States government, ...

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

An investigation is underway into the false report that New World screwworm was detected in Missouri. Missouri State Attorney ...

An investigation is underway after rumors began swirling about New World Screwworm being found in Missouri, according to the ...

Entomologists got rid of screwworms by using nuclear radiation to sterilize millions of male screwworms in a lab, which were ...

Mexico's New World Screwworm outbreak halts livestock imports at the southern border as US officials work to prevent the parasitic fly from spreading to American animals.

NWS is a deadly parasitic infection that can "kill a full-grown cow within one to two weeks," said NPR. When affected, the ...