It’s no longer a question of whether we’ll see a return of New World screwworm in the U.S.—but a matter of when. That’s according to Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NC ...

Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, says the screwworm, a parasitic pest, is likely to cross the ...

Commissioners passed a resolution on June 9, encouraging state and national action to prevent the reintroduction of the New ...

New World screwworms used to be a constant concern for ranchers, until they were eradicated from the U.S. in the 1960s. Now ...

The New World screwworm has come back with a vengeance in Mexico. This time, however, it is not only animals targeted, but people as well.

Although no Texas cases had been reported as of Tuesday, Johnson County Commissioner Larry Woolley warned of a potential screwworm fly infestation in mid to late summer. In May, the U.S. Department of ...

In this opinion piece, GOP Reps. Frank Lucas and Tony Gonzales argue that establishment of a new sterile fly production ...

Parasitic larvae from flies known as New World screwworm are infesting cattle in Mexico, and officials are racing to slow ...

What makes the larvae of this fly peculiar and deadly is that it feeds on the tissue of living animals rather than dead ones through small cuts found on their flesh.

By Seth Millstein for Sentient. Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for Oklahoma News Service reporting for the ...

The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service announced it will host a webinar Monday afternoon to provide more information to agricultural producers and communities on the New World screwworm, a ...

Congresswoman Monica De La Cruz called for urgent action to combat the growing threat of the New World Screwworm, a pest endangering livestock, wildlife, and family farms. She introduced a ...