The map shows the ports of entry affected by the U.S. Agriculture Department’s announcement and the approximate locations of ...

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

Gov. Abbott has ordered two Texas agencies to begin working together and with residents and business leaders to stop the ...

Texas played a critical role in eradicating this pest from the United States in the 1960s and will do so again if the need ...

Texas officials and organizations reacted positively to the announcement of a sterile fly dispersal facility coming to South ...

Understanding the New World screwworm blowfly and its behavior underscores why it is so dangerous to the livestock industry.

New cases of screwworms on July 8 in Veracruz, Mexico has caused the U.S. to close southern borders to livestock imports.

Here in Central Texas and across the state officials are now preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite ...

The New World screwworm is posing a serious threat to Texas livestock, the beef industry, and the broader state economy.

In April a group of Texas agriculture experts visited Panama to determine what was happening with the screwworm. Womack bought an airline ticket and tagged along, he said. What he learned was ...

Texas braces for an imminent screwworm infestation, a threat to the state’s cattle industry. U.S. Sens. John Cornyn and Ted Cruz hope to fund an operation to kill the parasitic fly before too ...

In April a group of Texas agriculture experts visited Panama to determine what was happening with the screwworm. Womack bought an airline ticket and tagged along, he said. What he learned was ...