In this opinion piece, GOP Reps. Frank Lucas and Tony Gonzales argue that establishment of a new sterile fly production ...

Commissioners passed a resolution on June 9, encouraging state and national action to prevent the reintroduction of the New ...

A local agricultural research foundation is focused on spreading awareness of a potential parasitic fly outbreak in South ...

Missouri authorities are investigating a fake press release about the damaging livestock pest New World screwworm that ...

With no U.S. cases yet, AgriLife's upcoming session will highlight crucial screwworm prevention strategies for ranchers.

NWS is a deadly parasitic infection that can "kill a full-grown cow within one to two weeks," said NPR. When affected, the ...

Entomologists got rid of screwworms by using nuclear radiation to sterilize millions of male screwworms in a lab, which were ...

Two Guatemalan pilots and a Mexican agronomist engineer have died after their plane crashed in southern Mexico near the border with Guatemala as they freed sterile flies meant to stop the spread of sc ...

A plane crash in southern Mexico resulted in the deaths of two Guatemalan pilots and a Mexican agronomist engineer as they ...

USDA and Mexico announce $21 million investment to combat New World screwworm as cattle experts closely watch developments.

Listen to more stories on the Noa app. The United States has, for 70 years, been fighting a continuous aerial war against the New World screwworm, a parasite that eats animals alive: cow ...

By Seth Millstein for Sentient. Broadcast version by Mark Richardson for Oklahoma News Service reporting for the ...