AgriLife Extension has released two new fact sheets on New World screwworm to help Texans prepare for the parasite ...

A parasitic worm that feeds on the live tissue of animals is spreading throughout South and Central America.Now, the FDA is combatting its potential spread to t ...

Screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into maggots that feed on the ...

American agriculture officials are urging calm, but continued vigilance, after an Argentinian horse infected with New World Screwworm was recently intercepted at an import inspection facility in ...

SYDNEY, NSW - AUGUST 09: A Cane Toad is exhibited at Taronga Zoo August 9, 2005 in Sydney, Australia. The Cane Toad, which is poisonous, is reportedly being blamed for the deaths of a number of ...

Although it has mostly been discussed as a concern for the cattle industry, the threat of New World screwworm is also causing unease within the wildlife and big game industry. Wildlife officials in ...

VINTON, Va, – A second arrest has been made in a Vinton animal abuse case that has sparked community outrage, with Franco Montouri Jr. now joining his mother, 60-year-old Antonia Montouri, in facing ...

MISSOURI, USA — Missouri is working ahead to prepare the state's residents and farms for a parasitic fly that could devastate communities and livestock. The pest, called New World Screwworm, was ...

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, ...

VINTON, Va. – 2.9 Update: All Charges against Franco Montouri Jr. were dismissed in a Vinton animal abuse case on Feb. 5. His mother, Antonia Montouri, was found guilty of cruelty to animals. She ...