The parasitic fly that attacks warm-blooded animals was eliminated from the United States in the 1960s, but it’s creeping ...

The New World screwworm is a fly larva that infests the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, including humans, that causes ...

Researchers pushed screwworms out of Texas by the 1970s. Now that they are on their way back, agriculture leaders and ...

The deadly parasitic New World screwworm has been spotted less than 400 miles from the Southwest border and is threatening ...

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn took to the floor Monday to address the growing New World screwworm threat and advocate for more ...

The looming threat from the New World screwworm is disrupting beef markets and driving prices higher than initially forecast, ...

A flesh-eating parasite nearly eradicated decades ago is headed for Texas, cattle producers warn, prompting urgent calls for ...

WICHITA FALLS, Texas (KAUZ) - The Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association (TSCRA) has launched a website to help ...

Alfredo Chavez, a cattle rancher and livestock technician, shows New World screwworm larvae removed from a cow at his ranch ...

Good tick and fly control is also crucial to reducing the bite wounds that could serve as entry points for screwworm. This ...

The United States and Mexico plan to reopen the U.S. border to Mexican cattle imports in July. U.S. agriculture officials had suspended imports in May due to concerns over the screwworm parasite ...

It’s not unusual for ordinary flies to lay their eggs on dead animals or around dying tissue on living animals. The ...