USDA combats flesh-eating New World Screwworm by breeding sterilized flies for release over Mexico and Texas, with a new fly ...

The U.S. government plans to release billions of sterilized flies over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating pest ...

In the 1940s and 50s, cowboys carried a stick to treat cattle infested with screwworms. The stick was used to scrape the ...

Though you may have watched male lesser house flies ( Fannia canicularis ) in their constant dance around your lounge room light and loaned your back to bush flies ( Musca vetustissima >) on a hot ...

The male fly approaches the female from below during mating and researchers believe that their eyes have evolved to determine whether the female is truly full of eggs or just pretending to be ...

The unusual operation is a critical part of a strategy to combat the spread of the flesh-eating screwworm fly, a pest that poses a serious threat to the beef industry, wildlife, and even household ...

The move is part of the government's plans for protecting the U.S. from the New World screwworm fly, which could devastate its beef industry and even kill household pets.