Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

The United States and Mexico plan to reopen the U.S. border to Mexican cattle imports in July. U.S. agriculture officials had ...

Texas agencies are ganging up on a bad, bad worm. According to a release, the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks ...

A parasitic fly that devastated Texas livestock in the 1960s is spreading north through Central America and potentially toward the state’s $15 billion cattle industry, prompting state and ...

The U.S Department of Agriculture shut down animal imports through ports along the southern border due to a growing outbreak ...

The pest, endemic to parts of Central and South America, lays eggs in the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, causing ...

It sounds like something out of a horror movie, but the New World screwworm is a real and deadly insect. These parasitic ...

The creatures lay hundreds of larvae in the wounds of animals and people, which hatch within hours and start consuming the ...

Greg Abbott directed two agencies to assemble a response team to combat the New World screwworm, which poses a serious threat to Texas livestock and wildlife.

Recently, however, the severe human consequences of the screw worm have been apparent at the central Dr Mario Catarino Rivas ...

This parasite is [not currently found in Canada]( but with travel-related cases increasing, Canadians heading south should be ...

Screwworm is a parasitic fly that targets warm-blooded animals and has the potential to disrupt Texas’ $15 billion cattle ...