The folks at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Animal Health Commission are hoping for the best and preparing ...

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

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.

It was the early 1960s, but I vividly remember being at a summer camp just west of Kerrville when something drifted down from ...

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

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

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

Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...

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

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

In the 1940s and 1950s, cowboys carried a stick to treat cattle infested with screwworms. The stick was used to scrape the ...