Texas confirms first New World screwworm case in decades; concerns grow for livestock and wildlife

The first case of New World screwworm has been confirmed in the United States in decades after the parasite was detected in a ...

The best pollinators can drive evolutionary changes in flowers

A new study by plant biologists at the University of California, Santa Cruz, challenges a longstanding idea that stems from ...
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Earthquake Shakes Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula

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This Climber’s Current Project Isn’t a Cliff or Boulder. It’s a Giant “5.13” Tree.

Using only the tree's natural holds and traditional protection, Rafi Vargas is pushing perhaps the most niche discipline in ...

Potentially deadly, flesh-eating parasite breaches Texas border threatening local wildlife and livestock

The USDA confirmed Wednesday that the New World screwworm was detected in Zavala County, Texas, posing a serious threat to ...

Costa Rica paid landowners to restore forests and biodiversity—bioacoustics indicate that it worked

Forest restoration can help fight climate change and restore lost biodiversity, but the satellite-based techniques used to ...

Once-eradicated flesh-eating parasite confirmed in US. Here's where

This parasitic fly's maggots feed on live flesh, preferring livestock but also infecting humans, and can be fatal. And it's ...

USDA confirms presence of flesh-eating screwworm in Texas

This parasite is not currently found in Canada, but with travel-related cases increasing, Canadians heading south should be ...

What to know about the New World screwworm fly and its reappearance in the US

The New World screwworm fly is threatening the $113 billion U.S. cattle industry for the first time in more than a half century, with an infestation from its flesh-eating larvae confirmed in ...