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

Key progress” has been made against the New World screwworm, the U.S. ag secretary says, adding that there has been no ...

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

The United States is preparing to carry out a bold and surprising plan to fight a deadly threat — flesh-eating maggots. Flesh-Eating Maggots Threaten Livestock and Wildlife These maggots are the ...

According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.

Imports of livestock from Mexico will resume in phases starting next week after a ban in May at ports of entry because of ...

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

As ports of entry along the southern border are about to gradually reopen to cattle imports, Mexican authorities announced ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced on Monday a phased reopening of cattle, bison and equine imports from Mexico ...

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

The USDA will reopen Mexico livestock ports in phases starting July 7 after an 8-week closure due to a New World Screwworm threat.

The New World screwworm, eradicated in the United States in the 1960s, could again pose a threat to Texas livestock, the beef ...