Give a screwworm an inch, and it’ll take a mile. This pernicious pest, which, in its adult form, has bulging orange eyes and a metallic blue-green body, has held insecta non grata status in Texas ...

With a New World screwworm case now less than 200 miles from the U.S. border, Seth Meyer says the growing threat adds risk ...

LIVE OAK COUNTY, Texas/TAPACHULA, Mexico/PANAMA CITY (Reuters) -He was only eight years old in 1973, but fifth-generation Texas rancher Kip Dove remembers spending countless days trotting up to sick ...

MCALLEN, Texas -- Multiple efforts are underway to stop a parasitic fly from swarming Texas and the rest of the U.S. and wreaking havoc on the nation's multi-billion-dollar cattle industry. As ...

The invasive screwworm is once again turning up near the border region. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins announced on Sunday, May 11, that she is suspending live cattle, horses and bison ...

The use of commercial livestock dewormers has paid off in terms of animal health and productivity, but it has also resulted in resistance among parasite populations. “As dewormers lose effectiveness, ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The closest confirmed case yet of the New World screw worm has been detected just 70 miles south of the U.S.–Mexico border, sparking new concerns for the Kansas cattle industry.