The United States Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announces a shift in New World screwworm sterile fly dispersal efforts into Texas to stop the northern spread ...

Scientists in Brazil discovered a new parasitic mite after spotting pearl-like larvae clinging to a tiny spider in a museum ...

Artist uses flies in exhibit.

Federal agencies conducted a first-of-its-kind simulation to prepare for a potential New World screwworm outbreak that could threaten U.S. livestock, wildlife, and food security.

The New World screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into parasitic larvae, or maggots, that feed on the surrounding flesh as they burrow deeper.

RIO GRANDE VALLEY, Texas (ValleyCentral) — The United States Department of Agriculture announced it will be releasing 100 million sterile flies per week to help stop the spread of the New World ...

Researchers traced termite DNA back to cockroach ancestors and found genetic loss played a key role in building social ...

A judge on Saturday ordered the US to release a 5-year-old boy and his father from a Texas detention center where they were taken after being detained in a Minneapolis suburb last month.

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Gardening experts from across the UK have shared several suggestions about essential tasks gardeners should be working on, as ...