The New World Screwworm Fly, which lays flesh-eating maggots, has appeared in southern Mexico. Scientists are concerned that ...

The US has reportedly drawn up plans to breed billions of flies over Mexico in an attempt to eradicate a vicious variety of ...

The move is part of the government's plans for protecting the U.S. from the New World screwworm fly, which could devastate ...

USDA combats flesh-eating New World Screwworm by breeding sterilized flies for release over Mexico and Texas, with a new fly ...

The Trump administration plans to breed billions of flies to airdrop over Mexico and southern Texas in an effort to stamp out ...

The U.S. has blocked imports of live cattle, horses, and bison through southern border ports following the resurgence in Mexico of the New World Screwworm, a parasitic fly that infects animals and ...

In the 1940s and 1950s, cowboys carried a stick to treat cattle infested with screwworms. The stick was used to scrape the ...

The flesh-eating The flesh-eating New World screwworm fly is spreading north through Central America toward the US after ...

The detection of the parasitic New World screwworm in Mexico prompts the U.S. to impose livestock import restrictions. Officials warn the outbreak may endanger cattle and wildlife if it goes north.