The USDA bans Mexican cattle imports after screwworm discovery, prompting Texas officials to warn about the parasite's threat ...

The New World screwworm was eradicated from the state decades ago, but now officials are warning it may be poised to return.

It has been a few weeks now since the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) warned Texas residents about the possibility of New World Screwworm (NWS), an invasive fly that lays eggs on an ...

Since cattle imports were cut off in November, Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and some ranchers worry about the ban’s economic impact on beef producers and consumers.

The emergence of the New World screwworm in Mexico has raised alarms that the dangerous fly larvae could cross into Texas.

The advisory, posted by the department on Dec. 30, was issued for outdoor enthusiasts in South Texas after the New World Screwworm was recently found in a cow in the southern Mexico state of Chiapas.

A deadly parasite is being blamed for a halt in cattle imports from Mexico into the United States. The ban on imported cattle ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is urging those to monitor for animals affected by New World Screwworm, an invasive flesh-eating fly recently detected in Mexico. Officials said they ...

The New World screwworm is the stuff of nightmares. Named for its habit of screwing into the living flesh of warm-blooded ...

The ban on imports is a bigger problem than the screwworm itself, according to Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and some Texas cattle ranchers, who say closing cattle imports damages ...