An ant and fly from the Cretaceous period offer insights into the history of Ophiocordyceps, the fungal parasite made popular ...

The U.S Department of Agriculture shut down animal imports through ports along the southern border due to a growing outbreak of New World Screwworms. It's a deadly parasitic fly that's spreading in ...

Regeneration, the ability to heal damaged or lost tissues, is both an everyday and a real-life superpower. Health research ...

The Ophyra larvae are facultative predators and can kill more than 15 house fly larvae per day (Farkas and Papp, 1990). Despite the successful use of Ophyra to control M. domestica, in Brazil there is ...

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year, announcing its intent Wednesday to ...

The US has announced the reopening of the sterile fly production plant in Chiapas, part of a joint strategy with Mexico to ...

USDA announces new Texas facility to breed sterile New World screwworm flies as part of an effort to combat the flesh-eating ...

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year, announcing its intent Wednesday to ...

The flesh-eating The flesh-eating New World screwworm fly is spreading north through Central America toward the US after ...

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 ...

Those in Young County and surrounding areas have the opportunity to learn more about the looming New World Screwworm threat and measures they can take if the threat reaches the United States.Texas ...