The first thing you should know about the New World screwworm is that it isn’t actually a worm; it’s a fly. At the larva ...

The outbreak is likely to further devastate the livestock industry, which is already at a 75-year low for herd counts.

Screwworm infestations “can be deadly, especially when involving the scalp,” the doctors wrote in their case report. “Larvae ...

The U.S. will run much the same playbook as it did starting in the 1950s: mass-produce sterile male screwworms and release ...

The screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite and longtime foe of American ranchers, is back in US cattle after decades.

Two more cases of the New World screwworm have been confirmed in Texas, demonstrating the difficulty of stopping the spread ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced three new cases of New World screwworm, including the first cases in dogs and ...

A fly's larvae parasite that was eradicated from the U.S. in the 1960s has resurfaced In South Texas, posing a serious threat to livestock production. We report from a livestock inspection checkpoint.

As a case of New World Screwworm is reported in Texas, Tennessee cattle farmers are hypervigilant with their herds.

Texas now has four confirmed New World screwworm cases after USDA confirmed two more Monday, including a dog in West Texas's ...

If patches of your lawn are yellowing and thinning for no clear reason in early summer, and birds keep tearing at the same ...

If a small cloud of pale moths lifts off the grass every time you walk across the lawn on a warm evening, the lawn is trying ...