UCCE experts urge producers to monitor their animals for signs of the parasite, which has been moving north from Central and South America.

Health officials are warning of a parasitic fly whose larvae feed on living tissue and can infest humans. The larvae feed on healthy tissue, according to health experts. New World Screwworm was ...

“This is the first human case of travel-associated New World screwworm myiasis (parasitic infestation of fly larvae) from an ...

The United States has confirmed its first human case of the New World screwworm, a parasitic fly larva that feeds on living tissue, raising concerns about the pest’s northward spread. Human case ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . New World screwworm flies lay eggs in mammals’ wounds, causing an infestation of flesh-eating larvae. The ...

Officials in nine countries are trying to get a handle on the New World screwworm, a fly whose larvae eat the living flesh of livestock. The pest is marching northward at an alarming rate and has now ...

New World screwworm was largely eradicated from the U.S. and Central America in the 1960s and 1980s, respectively. But the potentially fatal parasite is starting to make a comeback, U.S. officials say ...

A type of flesh-eating worm eradicated from the U.S. in the 1960s has been spotted again in Central America, prompting concerns about a potential northward spread, experts said during a CDC Clinician ...

How does a fly larva sneak into a termite nest? With a butt shaped like a termite’s head, obviously. An international team of researchers in Morocco has discovered blow fly larvae not just living but ...

(Santa Barbara, Calif.) — While it may be an unfamiliar sensation to humans, electroreception is relatively commonplace in the animal kingdom. Sharks, bees and even the platypus all share this ability ...