Just one fly can lay up to 300 eggs at a time and is drawn "to the odor of a wound or natural opening on a live, warm-blooded ...

A deadly, flesh-eating parasite is threatening a resurgence in the United States and the rapid spread of infection is being ...

The insidious screwworm flies lay eggs in any body entrance—open wounds like barb wire scrapes, tick bites, nasal and eye ...

The CDC said screwworms are most common in the tropics and subtropics, but recent cases have appeared in Central America for ...

They're called screwworms and they've been confirmed in Mexico, putting them just a hop, skip and a flesh destroying jump ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department sent out an advisory warning hunters, livestock owners, and outdoorsy folks near the ...

"Those enjoying Texas' natural resources have an opportunity to serve as the first line of defense in protecting wildlife, ...

The flesh-eating fly larvae, which were recently detected in Mexico, were declared eradicated from Texas in the 1960s.

Despite there currently being no confirmed identifications of NWS in Texas, it was recently detected in a cow at a checkpoint ...

Look, I know a thing or two about screwworms. I was about eleven years old when the United States eradicated the New World Screwworm. Before then, screwworms were a devastating problem for ranchers.

Officials said they detected a cow with screwworms at a checkpoint near the Mexico-Guatemala border. According to the department, the latest detection follows a gradual northward movement of ...