Animal health experts say pet owners should examine animals regularly for wounds, cuts and bites, and give them prescription ...

Osprey chicks go from helpless hatchlings to fearless fliers in a matter of weeks, but getting there requires a surprisingly tough parenting strategy and days of strange behavior that looks nothing ...

WASHINGTON - A flesh-eating parasite known as the New World screwworm is raising concern as officials warn about the threat ...

Since the U.S. Department of Agriculture confirmed the first case of New World screwworm (NWS) in the United States on June 3 ...

Construction of the facility in Mexico began just 11 months ago. The site will add 100 million more sterile flies to combat ...

Another case of New World screwworm was confirmed on Wednesday in the United States, the latest involving a calf in La Salle County, Texas. The official national total stands at six active cases ...

Screwworm infestations “can be deadly, especially when involving the scalp,” the doctors wrote in their case report. “Larvae may burrow through the skull, dura [outer membrane around the brain], and ...

Releasing sterilized flies can crash a local population of flesh-eating screwworms. But the US currently has limited capacity to produce them.

LINWOOD, N.C. — Summer may be best known for its warmth and mugginess... but it's also infamous for its swarms and bugginess. One of the many pests that flaunt their dastardly wings and buzz around ...