California health officials warn that the New World Screwworm could arrive in California from an infested traveler or animal, ...

Because of the apparent value of their maggots in medicine, Department of Agriculture entomologists last week zealously bred two of the more than 30,000 kinds of known flies.* The entomologists were ...

Its larvae is capable of infesting “warm-blooded animals and people,” according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The U.S. has blocked imports of live cattle, horses, and bison through southern border ports following the resurgence in Mexico of the New World Screwworm, a parasitic fly that infects animals and ...

Maggots are another gross nuisance to households. Although small, these scary critters instill fear into many people when they’re found in trash and on food items. Rest assured, these insects are not ...