The pest spawns flesh-eating larvae that could devastate the American beef industry, decimate wildlife and even kill ...

The federal government is going to take millions of sterile flies and dump them on Texas in the hopes that they'll kill off a ...

The unusual operation is a critical part of a strategy to combat the spread of the flesh-eating screwworm fly, a pest that ...

The Trump Administration is leading the effort to prevent the spread of the New World Screwworm, which was eradicated in the ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced risk-based port re-openings for cattle, bison, and equines from ...

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

USDA releases billions of sterile flies from planes to fight deadly flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock.

The federal government is going to take millions of sterile flies and dump them on Texas in the hopes that they’ll kill off a species of insect known for laying its flesh-eating larvae in the wounds ...

The federal government is currently breeding billions of sterile screwworm flies in an effort to combat a deadly parasite ...

US authorities are preparing to release billions of flies from airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to stop the spread of a dangerous parasite, the ...

CME August lean hogs ended down 1.800 cents at 106.100 cents per pound after hitting their lowest level since June 3. The actively traded contract was down 3.8% in the week in a second straight weekly ...

In a bold and unconventional effort to stave off a potentially devastating threat to its livestock industry, the United ...