Roughly 60 years ago, the United States eradicated the New World screwworm, an insect that feeds on living tissue. But now, ...

It probably sucked to be a Roman soldier guarding Hadrian’s Wall circa the third century CE. W.H. Auden imagined the likely ...

The flesh-eating fly larvae, which have been detected in Mexico, were declared eradicated from Texas in the 1960s.

I used to think I was giving my cat the best of both worlds: freedom to explore the yard and the comfort of home. But after a ...

It's the second detection at that same feedlot since October. No other cases were linked to the earlier incident, and both appear tied to livestock moved north from southern Mexico. Texas remains free ...

The FDA has issued an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for an animal drug to treat cats and kittens infected with the parasite New World screwworm (NWS). The majority of cats in the U.S. are at low ...