Johannesburg residents and business owners have been battling a noticeable increase in flies, with restaurants, homes and public spaces reporting swarms that are becoming harder to control. According ...

Gov. Greg Abbott issued a statewide disaster declaration in a preemptive response to the potential spread of the New World ...

The first center for dispersing sterile screwworm flies from U.S. soil in decades opened Monday in Texas, part of a larger ...

EDINBURG, Texas — The first center for dispersing sterile screwworm flies from U.S. soil in decades opened Monday in Texas, part of a larger effort to keep the flesh-eating parasite they spawn from ...

Before eradication, screwworm caused hundreds of millions of dollars in financial losses each year in the United States. Ranchers spent enormous time and money on treatment and prevention. The ...

In Texas alone, projections estimate that an NWS outbreak could result in more than $1.8 billion in livestock losses.