The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert to clinicians Tuesday, warning that the savage, flesh ...

Microplastics have entered Antarctica’s soil ecosystem, subtly affecting its only native insect and revealing how far human ...

Summer is the season for flies, which belong to an insect group that scientists call Diptera. Many fly species are more ...

Microplastics are, it seems, everywhere. They’ve been found at the top of the highest mountains, and at the bottom of the sea; they’re inside our bodies, in the soil under our feet, and they rain down ...

Fly fishers preparing for winter angling need to concentrate on the main food source for trout in the cold which is midges. An extreme focus on midges is all that is necessary during the frigid months ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — The midges are back — again. A fresh wave of the tiny, non-biting insects has swarmed parts of Northeast Ohio this week, creating a rare sight for mid-October. But while the sudden ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is trading barbs with the Trump Administration over its response to a parasitic pest that continues to make its way north in Mexico, and could potentially ...

RED ROCK, Texas — An invader that could severely damage the state's cattle industry is on Texas’ doorstep and is inching closer to the U.S.-Mexico border. The maggot, known as the New World screwworm, ...

Texas officials are telling residents to check their pets and livestock, and insisting on immediate use of pesticide bait after officials in Mexico confirmed an infection with the flesh-eating New ...

A New World screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite, was discovered just south of the Texas border, raising alarms among cattle growers and ag officials. The fly lays eggs in cattle and other warm-blooded ...

Students from Heritage University and Northwest Indian College were the first to document the presence of the spotted wing drosophila on the Yakama Nation Reservation — a first step to help eradicate ...

The New World screwworm (NWS), previously declared eradicated from the US, may be making a comeback. The pest that poses serious threat to livestock, wildlife, pets, and sometimes humans has been ...