The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and drop them from airplanes over Mexico and even southern Texas.

Using this tried-and-true biological control technique, the USDA aims to stamp out the larvae of the New World screwworm (NWS) fly, a tropical parasite. This invasive pest’s scientific name is ...

The flies are sterilized with radiation before release, aiming to disrupt the pest's reproduction cycle and prevent larvae from hatching ... "as the flies will lay eggs on open sores," according to ...

Why the US wants to breed more flies Alarmed about the fly’s migration north, the U.S. temporarily closed its southern border in May to imports of live cattle, horses and bison and it won’t be fully ...

An 8-year-old girl in China who vomited live worms for nearly a month was found to have been affected by moth fly larvae, according to a report by the South China Morning Post (SCMP). The girl, from ...

Why the US wants to breed more flies Alarmed about the fly's migration north, the U.S. temporarily closed its southern border in May to imports of live cattle, horses and bison and it won't be fully ...

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