Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The maggots of the New World Screwworm burrow into living flesh. (U.S. Department of Agriculture) A parasitic fly whose maggots ...

Sid Miller, the Texas agriculture commissioner, described the New World screwworm as a ‘direct and imminent threat’ to his ...

The U.S. has blocked imports of live cattle, horses, and bison through southern border ports following the resurgence in Mexico of the New World Screwworm, a parasitic fly that infects animals and ...

The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of flesh-eating New World screwworm maggots with a multimillion-dollar plan Getty The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of ...

Seedcorn maggots cost millions in lost yield. Learn how proactive management can protect crops during early growth stages.

The federal government is planning to breed millions of flies and dump them over Mexico and Texas via airplanes in an effort to combat a flesh-eating maggot. The pest being targeted is the ...

The state of Texas has just devised a unique system for dealing with maggots: “raining flies.” A biological control program is using sterile flies and fly eggs to fight flesh-eating maggots. The ...