The New World screwworm, eradicated in the United States in the 1960s, could again pose a threat to Texas livestock, the beef ...

Texas officials ramp up efforts against the New World screwworm, launching a response team to safeguard animals and ...

A parasitic fly that devastated Texas livestock in the 1960s is spreading north through Central America and potentially ...

According to experts from Texas A&M, the New World screwworm is a tropical, parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere.

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

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is forming a Screwworm response team to fight the invasive worm's expected return to Texas.

It sounds like something out of a horror movie, but the New World screwworm is a real and deadly insect. These parasitic ...

New World screwworms can devastate the cattle industry. That's why Gov. Abbott has created a task for to take them on.

Abbott directs the Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks & Wildlife to form a joint response team to combat the New ...

USDA launches an $8.5 million facility in South Texas to stop the deadly new world screwworm fly and protect U.S. livestock.

With the flesh-eating screwworm inching toward Texas, the state will commission a team to fight the parasitic fly and protect ...

Screwworm is a parasitic fly that targets warm-blooded animals and has the potential to disrupt Texas’ $15 billion cattle ...