The United States plans to breed thousands of sterile flies in a southern Texas factory in an effort to protect American cattle from flesh-eating maggots in Mexico. The New World screwworm is a ...

The New World screwworm, whose larva “screws” into the skin and can infect humans as well as livestock, will be here within four months, experts say Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE.

CINTALAPA, Mexico — With Mexican cattle again barred this month from entry to the United States over fears of spreading a flesh-eating parasite, ranchers and veterinarians in Mexico hundreds of miles ...

Ranch hands move cattle at a ranch that supplies livestock for export to the U.S., in Zamora, northern Mexico, Tuesday, July 29, 2025, as the U.S. border remains closed to Mexican cattle imports over ...

The United States is embarking on an ambitious, multi-million dollar project in southern Texas to combat the threat of flesh-eating maggots, with plans to construct a $750m factory dedicated to ...

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots in Mexico from crossing the border and damaging ...

The U.S. imports roughly one million cattle a year from Mexico. (Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters) The latest culprit in rising beef prices? A parasitic fly that loves to munch on cattle. New World ...

The American and Mexican governments are exploring “all options” to battle a deadly parasite threatening cattle and wildlife. The American and Mexican governments are exploring “all options” to battle ...

The flesh-eating parasite was detected in northern Mexico. It is the northernmost case of the livestock infection, which was eradicated from the United States in the 1960s. By Alexa Robles-Gil ...