America has stopped taking animals from northern Mexico. This is because of the New World Screwworm fly. This fly is harmful ...

A parasitic fly known as the New World Screwworm has been located 400 miles from the U.S. border causing concern in the ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins closed the border to Mexican cattle for a second time after new reports of ...

The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying a flesh-eating parasite has moved further north in ...

The Department of Agriculture has closed the livestock trade at the country’s southern ports due to concerns over a parasitic ...

The U.S. closes its southern border due to New World screwworm fly, a flesh-eating parasite that has decimated cattle ranches ...

Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized ...

A study published in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America, offers the most detailed view to date of how this ...

It’s pretty rare, but just like us mammals, some flies actually give live birth. One of them is a parasitic fly species Ormia ochracea ( O. ochracea ). A new study published this week in the Annals of ...

Although Minnesota's risk is lower compared to southern states, international animal movements could introduce the parasite.

The reemergence of the New World screwworm, which poses significant health risks for livestock, has prompted the Department ...

The latest culprit in rising beef prices? A parasitic fly that loves to munch on cattle. New World screwworm–a flesh-eating pest found in cattle–was detected this week in Mexico, 370 miles from the U.