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Cattle grazing on a ranch in Mexico. Representative image; the animals are not known to be affected by New World screwworm. Photo by Brunxs via Pexels. The word “maggot” usually evokes decay. Many ...

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For the first time in a year, the U.S.-Mexico border partly reopened to cattle imports following a screwworm infestation across the region. The battle against the flesh-eating fly has only just begun ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dog owners have a new treatment option if their pets become infested with the potentially deadly New World screwworm, as federal ...

An estimated six million species of insect—maybe even more—call Earth home. Yet for some reason, none of them are found in the ocean. Scientists have come up with a few possible explanations, and a ...

This story was produced as part of the USC Center for Health Journalism’s California Health Equity Fellowship. Drain fly larvae appear to be the worm-like creatures allegedly contaminating water ...

"Because the larvae consume organic waste, we're measuring levels of heavy metals, pesticide residues and naturally occurring toxins to ensure that the product meets rigorous safety expectations." ...

Lake fly larvae plunge more than 200 meters into Lake Malawi each day to hide from predators, using tiny air sacs to control their depth. A rubber-like material called resilin lets them expand or ...

Insects are everywhere: from fruit flies to ants to bees to cockroaches, they are seemingly inescapable. But there is one place on Earth where insects are nowhere to be found: the ocean. Incredibly, ...