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Scientists have discovered two new species of ancient parasitic fungi preserved in amber dating back 99 million years. The fungi were growing out of the bodies of host insects that became trapped in ...
A specific breed of flies could be the livestock industry's best defense against a flesh-eating threat poised to invade the ...
America has stopped taking animals from northern Mexico. This is because of the New World Screwworm fly. This fly is harmful to animals. It lays eggs in their wounds. The US wants to prevent the fly ...
The U.S. has again ceased livestock imports from Mexico related to the presence of the parasitic New World screwworm fly closer to the border.
It’s pretty rare, but just like us mammals, some flies actually give live birth. One of them is a parasitic fly species Ormia ...
The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying that a flesh-eating parasite has moved farther ...
A study published in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America, offers the most detailed view to date of how this ...
The U.S. has shut its southern border to livestock imports again after a flesh-eating parasite was found further north in ...