Should the flies reach the states, the larvae could infest livestock, pets, wildlife and, possibly, even people.

The U.S. has closed its southern border again to livestock imports, saying that a flesh-eating parasite has moved further ...

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

As US President Donald Trump pushes deportations, many people are heading back to their home countries under duress. Their ...

The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of flesh-eating New World screwworm maggots with a multimillion-dollar ...

Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized ...

The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and drop them from airplanes over Mexico and even southern Texas.

U.S. Senator Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) sent (Dec. 12, 2024) a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack requesting the U.S.

Meanwhile, the USDA has rolled out plans for an $8.5 million New World screwworm (NWS) facility in Texas and is exploring ...

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

The U.S. defeated Costa Rica in a come-from-behind win, 4-3 on penalties to advance to the semifinals and Guatemala pulled ...