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

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

The unusual operation is a critical part of a strategy to combat the spread of the flesh-eating screwworm fly, a pest that ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to drop millions of flies over Texas and Mexico, in an effort to ...

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

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

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

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

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

In 2022, it began moving north from Central America and has now spread into Mexico. By late May, according to Texas A&M AgriLife, screwworm was within 700 miles of Texas.

Historically, the screwworm was a big problem in several areas of the southern U.S. prior to its eradication in the 1960s.

An adult New World screwworm fly sits at rest in this undated photo. The Texas Animal Health Commission and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department have been tasked with establishing a Texas New ...