AUSTIN, Texas — Texas hunters and those who enjoy the outdoors are being warned about an invasive parasite not seen in the United States since the 1960s. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is ...

The first case of New World screwworm has been found in a calf in the northern Mexican border state of Tamaulipas.

The U.S. has blocked imports of live cattle, horses, and bison through southern border ports following the resurgence in Mexico of the New World Screwworm, a parasitic fly that infects animals and ...

New World screwworms are the flesh-eating, larval form of Cochliomyia hominivorax, a species of blow fly. - Michael Miller/Texas A&M AgriLife Hundreds of millions of flies dropping from planes in the ...

The United States has suspended all animal imports from Mexico due to a parasitic fly that can produce flesh-eating maggots. New World screwworms are the cause of the indefinite suspension of animal ...

Mountain fly maggots have evolved fake faces on their butts as a cunning disguise to infiltrate termite colonies, a new study has found. Researchers spotted the fake faces, which resemble termite ...

Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex ...

Fly maggots in Morocco have developed fake termite-like faces and matching scents to infiltrate termite colonies undetected. Scientists believe they belong to a newly discovered species. Mountain baby ...

Ever bite into a delicious-looking apple, only to be rewarded with a chunk of mealy pulp? Or take a swig of milk, and get something lumpy in your mouth? Yeah, yuck. Well, it turns humans have company ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant spider, are experts at misdirection and their ability to confuse predators ...

Mexican fruit fly detections have prompted quarantines in the Rio Grande Valley. Officials warn residents and growers not to ...