The New World screwworm fly. The insect that produces flesh-eating larva, eradicated in the United States, has broken containment and presents a threat to livestock. (U.S. Department of Agriculture ...

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(CNN) — Hundreds of millions of flies dropping from planes in the sky might sound like a horrible nightmare, but experts say such a swarm could be the livestock industry’s best defense against a flesh ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot ...

The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of flesh-eating New World screwworm maggots with a multimillion-dollar plan Getty The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of ...

State and federal officials are gearing up to stop the advance of a parasitic fly that is less than 70 miles from the United States border with Mexico. Since Nov. 25, at least 10 new cases of ...

A devastating agricultural pest, the New World Screwworm Fly (NWS), has been eradicated in the United States since 1982. Today, it’s marching closer to American borders, and local, state, and national ...

State and federal officials are gearing up to stop the advance of a parasitic fly that is less than 70 miles from the United States border with Mexico. Since Nov. 25, at least 10 new cases of ...