TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot ...

The US has drawn up plans to breed billions of flies to attempt to eradicate a flesh-eating maggot. The maggot, the larvae of the New World Screwworm fly, is threatening to wreak havoc on the US beef ...

Phoenix has had more than 5 inches of rain since the start of September and those much wetter than normal conditions have led to a big increase in mosquitoes.

TOPEKA, Kan. — The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and dump them out of airplanes over Mexico and southern Texas to fight a flesh-eating maggot. That sounds like the plot of a ...

In this January 2024 photo provided by the Panama-United States Commission for the Eradication and Prevention of Cattle Screwworms (COPEG), a worker drops New World screwworm fly larvae into a tray at ...

The federal government is currently breeding billions of sterile screwworm flies in an effort to combat a deadly parasite that targets livestock and wildlife across parts of Texas and Mexico. The ...

After the weekend's heavy rains, control teams are working to lessen any mosquito plumes while experts try to piece together ...

Health officials in Ross County have confirmed the first human case of La Crosse virus in 2025, marking an early detection of the mosquito-borne illness. The Ross County Health ...