New Yorkers who have traveled to South America, Cuba, Haiti, and the Dominican Republic may have visited areas where a ...

As the cool, crisp autumn evenings roll in, many households across the UK will start noticing uninvited six-legged visitors ...

A parasitic worm uses static electricity to launch itself onto flying insects, a mechanism uncovered by physicists and ...

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is trading barbs with the Trump Administration over its response to a parasitic ...

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico officials and the cattle industry are getting ready as the New World Screwworm is getting closer to the U.S.–Mexico border. After the government eradicated the fly from ...

A dangerous parasite once eliminated in the United States has been detected in northern Mexico, close to the U.S. border. Mexico's agriculture ministry confirmed Sunday that an 8-month-old cow in ...

State, city and county inspectors have cited Iowa restaurants, schools and stores for hundreds of food-safety violations during the past several weeks, including offenses related to rodents, ...

RED ROCK, Texas — An invader that could severely damage the state's cattle industry is on Texas’ doorstep and is inching closer to the U.S.-Mexico border. The maggot, known as the New World screwworm, ...

Mexico confirmed a new case of New World screwworm (NWS) on Monday in Sabinas Hidalgo, less than 70 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border. This is now the northernmost detection of NWS during this ...

Health officials are warning of a parasitic fly whose larvae feed on living tissue and can infest humans. The larvae feed on healthy tissue, according to health experts. New World Screwworm was ...