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The return of the flesh-eating screwworm fly in Texas has ranchers and government agencies scrambling to contain what could ...

While an untreated screwworm infestation can be fatal to an animal, federal and state officials have been quick to emphasize ...

Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences has proposed a new way to eradicate the flesh-eating screwworm larvae using genetic ...

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The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half ...

If you're wondering whether they'll eat your flesh, keep reading.

USDA officials detected Texas’ second case of the the New World Screwworm, a flesh-eating parasite that poses major threats ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture said a second case in Zavala County was detected on a ranch about 5 miles from the first.

Some Texans fear “the nightmares and the horrors” of a potential screwworm outbreak. Elsewhere, not enough grass to feed ...

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Here’s why farmers and scientists are concerned over the New World screwworm’s unwelcome return to the United States.