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 ...

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 capacity to grieve for dying loved ones was long considered a uniquely human ability. But now, researchers from Japan ...

Billions of flies will be bred in an effort to fight a screwworm fly invasion. USDA plans to drop the insects over Mexico and ...

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

The capacity to grieve for dying loved ones was long considered a uniquely human ability. But now, researchers from Japan have shown that humans are less unique in this respect than once thought.

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

Japanese macaques respond emotionally to dying companions. Strong social bonds increase closeness to the dead.

In the 1940s and 50s, cowboys carried a stick to treat cattle infested with screwworms. The stick was used to scrape the ...