Hundreds of US government drones have switched from border surveillance to a different surveillance mission this summer—looking for signs of screwworm infestations in wild animals and livestock herds.

The strategy makes sterile males by exposing immature flies to radiation, and then letting them loose via aerial drops or from specialized chambers on the ground. Wild females are effectively “tricked ...

A fly once eradicated from the United States has returned with a particularly gruesome calling card: maggots that burrow into living flesh. The New World screwworm is a parasitic fly that doesn’t ...

“Your ladybugs, your praying mantis are beneficial in the garden,” Davis said. “I try to steer away from chemicals that will ...

Fruit was disappearing from a parasitic plant in southern Japan, sometimes nearly an entire plant's worth overnight. Ants ...

A flesh-eating insect has made its way into Texas and is causing a bit of stir among the general public. The new world screw worm fly is a flesh-eating insect that lays its eggs ...

A flesh-eating parasite infecting livestock in Texas and New Mexico is reportedly killing people now and has infected more than 500 people. This past May, experts det ...

Three Spartanburg County restaurants scored below a 78 in July due to violations like insects and improper storage.

For many people, food allergy is something that belongs to childhood. Patients often assume that if they have eaten shrimp, peanuts, tree nuts or other foods safely for decades, they have somehow ...

They may look like any ordinary species of flies buzzing around on a given day, but the New World screwworm is quite extraordinary. Screwworm flies are highly destructive parasitic flies that feed on ...

A gardener found a few dead butterflies in some zinnias, and they decided to turn to r/gardening on Reddit to figure out what was happening. On Reddit, the original poster shared that, whenever they ...

The invasive Asian longhorned beetle has yet to be spotted in Michigan, and the Michigan Invasive Species Program wants to ...