Aside from beef prices, something on all ranchers’ minds is the ever-looming threat of New World screwworm. Unlike other ...

The first detection of the flesh-eating parasite in the Mexican state of Coahuila, 119 miles from Texas, was confirmed this week.

All of the United States’ southern ports of entry remain closed to livestock imports due to the presenece of the New World ...

A devastating parasite that burrows into the flesh of its hosts is inching dangerously close to the United States, the Texas Department of Agriculture warns.

Texas agriculture commissioner said the northernmost active case from the parasitic New World screwworm fly was a “flashing ...

The flesh-eating parasite, called the New World screwworm, was detected this month in the Mexican state of Nuevo León, just 90 miles away from the U.s. border. As of last year, the insect was still ...

NEW YORK (PIX11) – New Yorkers who have traveled to South America, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic may have visited areas where a parasite could cause a New World screwworm infestation, ...

New World screwworm larva, like the one pictured, will hatch and feed on the flesh of living animals, typically cattle. Cases in humans are rare but can be fatal. Six Texas counties in the Rio Grande ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller today praised the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health ...

NWS is a “devastating pest” that infests warm-blooded animals, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). This ...