A 2024 USDA report indicates a potential outbreak in Texas could cause $732 million in producer losses and a $1.8 billion ...

The ingredient — a staple of cuisines around the world — is increasingly showing up on restaurant menus and in cookbooks in the U.S.

Texas and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) are stepping up efforts to keep New World screwworm (NWS) out of the country after the flesh-eating parasite was recently detected in the Mexican ...

These flies lay eggs on open wounds, and their larvae feed on live flesh. And a case was just stopped in a Florida quarantine ...

The USDA estimates an outbreak of New World screwworm (NWS) could cost Texas cattle producers $732 million and deal a $1.8 billion blow to the state economy; 100 million sterile flies are now being ...

In the southern state of Chiapas, which borders Guatemala, the New World screwworm fly’s rapid spread appears to have caught most ranchers off guard, despite memories of previous outbreaks in the ...

The CDC reports that as of February 10, 2026, these countries have reported more than 152,000 NWS cases in animals and over 1,300 cases in people.

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Bee Co. officials are preparing to combat potential screwworm infestations threatening livestock with a potential proactive ...

Sterile flies tinted with a fluorescent dye are now being released in Texas as the harmful parasite inches close to the ...

Infected flies are attracted to open wounds, where they burrow and lay eggs.

In the Texas border city of Edinburg, scientists are getting ready to release millions of invasive, flesh-eating flies into the wild. The post Why Texas scientists are breeding flesh-eating maggots ...