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USDA combats flesh-eating New World Screwworm by breeding sterilized flies for release over Mexico and Texas, with a new fly ...
The federal government is going to take millions of sterile flies and dump them on Texas in the hopes that they'll kill off a ...
USDA releases billions of sterile flies from planes to fight deadly flesh-eating maggots threatening livestock.
The Department of Agriculture is pursuing a disgusting—but effective—strategy to eliminate the larva of the New World ...
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The federal government plans to combat flesh-eating maggots threatening U.S. livestock by dropping millions of sterile flies ...
Most people will reflexively recoil at the words "flesh-eating maggots," and if you're one of them, you'll probably be ...
The move is part of the government's plans for protecting the U.S. from the New World screwworm fly, which could devastate ...
The U.S. government plans to release billions of sterilized flies over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating pest ...
Officer Jaylen May pleaded no contest and avoided jail time. His sentence includes one year of probation and a condition that ...
The USDA partners with Mexico to create a buffer zone south of the border, releasing the sterile flies in coordination to stop re-infestation before it crosses into U.S. territory. Without the program ...