Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized ...

America has stopped taking animals from northern Mexico. This is because of the New World Screwworm fly. This fly is harmful ...

The New World screwworm fly, a flesh-eating parasite, is making a concerning comeback. Learn about the screwworm's threat to ...

Identifying the flesh-eating parasite, which actually isn't a worm, is key to keeping it out of the U.S. Recognizing a ...

Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized flies and drop them from the sky.

Screwworm dangers New World screwworms are the parasitic larva of a metallic blue blow fly species called Cochliomyia hominivorax.

The flesh-eating parasite was thought to have been eradicated but has made a gruesome comeback, devouring one woman's lungs ...

Screwworm dangers New World screwworms are the parasitic larva of a metallic blue blow fly species called Cochliomyia hominivorax.

Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized flies and drop them from the sky.

New World screwworms are the parasitic larva of a metallic blue blow fly species called Cochliomyia hominivorax. Unlike all other blow flies native to the Western Hemisphere, the New World ...