The USDA partners with Mexico to create a buffer zone south of the border, releasing the sterile flies in coordination to stop re-infestation before it crosses into U.S. territory. Without the program ...

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 species of insect known for laying its flesh-eating larvae in the wounds ...

Millions of flies to be dropped over Texas to combat flesh-eating maggots - The U.S. government wiped out the Screwworm flies in the Southwest in the 1960’s, but they’re back again ...

The pest spawns flesh-eating larvae that could devastate the American beef industry, decimate wildlife and even kill ...

USDA releases billions of sterile flies from planes to fight deadly flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock.

The Department of Agriculture is pursuing a disgusting—but effective—strategy to eliminate the larva of the New World ...