According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.

The United States is preparing to carry out a bold and surprising plan to fight a deadly threat — flesh-eating maggots. Flesh-Eating Maggots Threaten Livestock and Wildlife These maggots are the ...

The facility will breed millions of sterile New World screwworm flies at Moore Air Base, Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins ...

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year to breed millions of the insects in ...

The fly is most notorious for laying eggs in open wounds of living, warm-blooded animals. Then, once hatched, the larvae feed on the living tissue of the host.

The U.S Department of Agriculture shut down animal imports through ports along the southern border due to a growing outbreak ...

The United States plans to open a fly factory at Moore Air Base in Texas in order to breed millions of them in an effort to ...