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

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

The folks at the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Animal Health Commission are hoping for the best and preparing ...

Texas officials and organizations reacted positively to the announcement of a sterile fly dispersal facility coming to South ...

Here in Central Texas and across the state officials are now preparing for an outbreak of the New World screwworm, a parasite ...

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

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

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

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

It was the early 1960s, but I vividly remember being at a summer camp just west of Kerrville when something drifted down from ...

Re-emergence of the New World Screwworm (NWS) has become a recent concern for American agriculture. As the fly moves closer ...

The New World screwworm is posing a serious threat to Texas livestock, the beef industry, and the broader state economy.