Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A flesh‑eating fly thought eradicated decades ago has been found in Texas, its first return to the United States in generations.

A type of flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback — and it’s creeping toward the United States. The new world screwworm is a blowfly whose larvae burrow into animal wounds and gorge on living tissue.

The first case of a flesh-eating maggot in years has been detected in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed with Fast Company on Monday. The maggot, the larva ...

As the New World screwworm has resurged in North America, it's infesting both livestock and people, a new report shows. Reading time 3 minutes The resurgence of the New World screwworm fly ...

Federal and state governments are preparing a major response to a dangerous flesh-eating, parasitic fly present in Mexico as it inches closer to the U.S. southern border. Texas Agriculture ...

You won’t believe what’s being dropped from the sky to protect Texas livestock. Texas skies are about to get crowded, but not with birds or drones. Instead, millions of sterilized flies are being ...

Since the flesh-eating screwworm fly reinvaded Mexico in 2024, human cases of the voracious parasite have been mounting. According to a July surveillance report from Mexico’s Ministry of Health, there ...