Missouri authorities are investigating a fake press release about the damaging livestock pest New World screwworm that ...

With no U.S. cases yet, AgriLife's upcoming session will highlight crucial screwworm prevention strategies for ranchers.

Two Guatemalan pilots and a Mexican agronomist engineer have died after their plane crashed in southern Mexico near the border with Guatemala as they freed sterile flies meant to stop the spread of sc ...

After a decades-long campaign to beat the parasites down to Panama, they’re speeding back up north.

An investigation is underway into the false report that New World screwworm was detected in Missouri. Missouri State Attorney ...

An investigation is underway after rumors began swirling about New World Screwworm being found in Missouri, according to the ...

The plane was dispersing sterile flies to combat a deadly cattle parasite when it crashed near Guatemala border.

In May, the Secretary of Agriculture suspended live cattle, horses, and bison through U.S. southern border ports of entry due to the rapid northward spread of New World Screwworms in Mexico. Secretary ...

NWS is a deadly parasitic infection that can "kill a full-grown cow within one to two weeks," said NPR. When affected, the ...

Entomologists got rid of screwworms by using nuclear radiation to sterilize millions of male screwworms in a lab, which were ...