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

Today's Bug of the Week raises the “ick” factor to a higher level. Looking like something out of a sci-fi movie, Vivivanne ...

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Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...

USDA launches an $8.5 million facility in South Texas to stop the deadly new world screwworm fly and protect U.S. livestock.

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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins launched an $8.5 million sterile New World screwworm (NWS) fly dispersal facility in South Texas and announced a sweeping five-pronged plan to enhance ...

With the flesh-eating screwworm inching toward Texas, the state will commission a team to fight the parasitic fly and protect ...

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You may have heard of the copperhead (Agkistrodon contortrix), but could you pick one out of a lineup of venomous snakes? If ...

On top of the freakiness of them, Penn State states how the worm produces a neurotoxin known as tetrodotoxin. Tetrodotoxin can irritate the skin of humans who come into contact with them, and might ...