Prices will go up with the halt on Mexican cattle imports, but the border closure won't help eradicate the parasite.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the restrictions on livestock imports due to the troubling northward spread of ...

With summer right around the corner and the end of the school year in sight, it’s time to pack up the tent, rev up the RV, ...

The fly, known as the New World screwworm ... dumping of sterile flies of the parasite species to create sterile offspring. In coordination with Mexico, the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection ...

The New World screwworm has been making headlines lately, and in Texas, which is not stranger to the insect, it’s top of mind for many.

It's not a worm, though, but a fly, and its work was found in a cow in southern Mexico back in December, part of a slow invasion of the species from ... to eradicate the New World screwworm ...

Cochliomyia hominivorax, the New World screwworm fly, is a species of parasitic fly that ... Brooke Rollins announced an agreement with Mexico on the management of the New World screwworm ...

Last week, the United States halted all cattle trade with Mexico to stop the spread of a parasitic flesh-eating fly known as ...

To stop the spread of a flesh-eating parasite, U.S. officials have halted all imports of live cattle, horses and bison from Mexico. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins announced the import ...

NCBA applauds Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins' aggressive efforts to suspend Mexican cattle, horse and bison imports, ...

The Department of the Interior seeks to remove the lesser prairie chicken’s endangered species designation. What would that mean?

Mexico and the United States reached an agreement on Wednesday, April 30, to resume eradication efforts on the New World screwworm fly, a species of parasitic fly that is well known for the way in ...