Roughly 60 years ago, the United States eradicated the New World screwworm, an insect that feeds on living tissue. But now, ...

Researchers are trapping and tracking the New World screwworm to detect it early before it threatens livestock. The previous arrival of the New World screwworm in the U.S. caused major losses to ...

The New World screwworm was eradicated from the US around 60 years ago – but it's now within 70 miles of the Texas border ...

There's a worry in cattle country about a deadly insect that could soon threaten herds from California to Florida, and it sounds like something out of a horror film. COLIN WOODALL: The New World ...

California researchers are preparing for the possible return of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly that feeds on living ...

University of California Riverside researchers are launching a preemptive strike against a parasitic, flesh-eating fly’s threatened return to the state.

The parasite being monitored by researchers was eradicated in the United States about 60 years ago. According to the USDA, ...

In an old coal-mining town in northern Texas, around 130 miles from Dallas/Fort Worth, Greg Buenger raises beef cattle on his ranch. But Buenger, also a Texas Farm Bureau District 3 state director and ...