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 federal government is going to take millions of sterile flies and dump them on Texas in the hopes that they'll kill off a ...

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.

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 ...

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

USDA launches an $8.5 million facility in South Texas to stop the deadly new world screwworm fly and protect U.S. livestock.