A type of flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback — and it’s creeping toward the United States. The new world screwworm is a blowfly whose larvae burrow into animal wounds and gorge on living tissue.

The first case of a flesh-eating maggot in years has been detected in the United States, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) confirmed with Fast Company on Monday. The maggot, the larva ...

You won’t believe what’s being dropped from the sky to protect Texas livestock. Texas skies are about to get crowded, but not with birds or drones. Instead, millions of sterilized flies are being ...

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — The New World screwworm (NWS) — a maggot which feeds off living flesh — is on Texas’s doorstep. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the pest was spotted by ...

In this undated photo provided by The Panama-United States Commission for the Eradication and Prevention of Cattle Screwworms (COPEG), a worker drops New World screwworm fly larvae into a tray at a ...