By dropping the sterile, fully developed flies, the USDA plans to prevent flesh-eating maggots from reaching the United ...

The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of flesh-eating New World screwworm maggots with a multimillion-dollar ...

The USDA expects a new screwworm fly factory to be up and running in southern Mexico by July 2026. It plans to open a fly ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico ...

Despite the plan sounding like something out of a horror movie, it is part of the government's bid to protect the US from a ...

Should the flies reach the states, the larvae could infest livestock, pets, wildlife and, possibly, even people.

How to drop flies from an airplane Dropping flies from the air can be dangerous. Last month, a plane freeing sterile flies crashed near Mexico’s border with Guatemala, killing three people.

The Department of Agriculture is pursuing a disgusting—but effective—strategy to eliminate the larva of the New World ...

In a new study published and featured in the Annals of the Entomological Society of America, researchers have discovered that ...

The US plans to release billions of radiation-treated flies to stop flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock, wildlife, and ...

The USDA partners with Mexico to create a buffer zone south of the border, releasing the sterile flies in coordination to ...

How to drop flies from an airplane Dropping flies from the air can be dangerous. Last month, a plane freeing sterile flies crashed near Mexico's border with Guatemala, killing three people.