Let maggots do the work. To allow such wounds to heal, doctors remove infected or dead tissue with scalpels or enzymes, a process they call debridement. But these tools often fail. "These problem ...

The New World Screwworm (NWS, Cochliomyia hominivorax) is a parasitic fly native to the Western Hemisphere. It lays eggs in ...

The Missouri Department of Agriculture dismissed recent false rumors about the New World Screwworm in the state. Here's why ...

Fitzgerald, a rhinoceros at the Montgomery Zoo, is recovering after undergoing surgery in April to treat an infection in his horn, zoo officials say.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service inspected livestock for a flesh-eating ...

In the first week of May, 57 racing horses arrived at a private farm in the Raipura village of Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur from ...

New tools bring closer the possibility of exterminating species considered harmful to humans, which is fueling an ethical ...

The screwworm, a pest likely remembered only by our grandparents, is making headlines again. With a proper name of New World ...

For the second time in under six months, the U.S. is closed to cattle, sheep and bison imports through ports of entry along the southern border. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins announced the ...

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke L. Rollins provided an update on the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) ongoing partnership with Mexico to combat the New World Screwworm (NWS). Tuesday (May ...

A remarkable discovery at the sawmill reveals an ancient teak nest, buried for hundreds of years and teeming with maggots, yet valued at an astonishing 100 million. This rare piece of timber carries a ...