MARATHON, FLA. (WSVN) - Volunteers from the Key Deer Sanctuary are working to save the deer from a dangerous flesh-eating parasite called screw worms. There are less than 1,000 Key Deer left in the ...

Texas and the U.S. are both on high alert over the presence of the new world screwworm, the flesh-eating fly that has historically caused havoc on the nation's cattle supply. Days after a case of the ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The closest confirmed case yet of the New World screw worm has been detected just 70 miles south of the U.S.–Mexico border, sparking new concerns for Kansas’s cattle industry.

The United States has banned all livestock imports from Mexico due to the rapid spread of screw worm disease, which could lead to increased meat prices in the short term. The chair of the Chihuahua ...

AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — A parasitic worm eradicated in the United States nearly 60 years ago could be threatening a comeback, Texas wildlife officials warn. The New World Screwworm was recently ...

COPEG is working to reverse the advance of the screw worm by re-establishing a barrier of sterile flies - Empaque Del Vuelo/COPEG Every week, without fail, specially-modified light aircraft take off ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — A parasitic worm ...