The map shows the ports of entry affected by the U.S. Agriculture Department’s announcement and the approximate locations of ...

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

Texas played a critical role in eradicating this pest from the United States in the 1960s and will do so again if the need ...

By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...

Understanding the New World screwworm blowfly and its behavior underscores why it is so dangerous to the livestock industry.

Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...

Texas officials and organizations reacted positively to the announcement of a sterile fly dispersal facility coming to South ...

New cases of the New World Screwworms in Veracruz, Mexico have caused the U.S. Department of Agriculture to once again close southern borders to livestock days after reopening them. On ...

A detection of the New World Screwworm closer to the United States will keep the ports closed to livestock from Mexico.

Here in Central Texas and across the state officials are now preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite ...

The folks at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Animal Health Commission are hoping for the best and preparing ...