A major biosecurity operation is underway in a central Auckland suburb after the discovery of a Queensland fruit fly, with ...

“There have been 13 incursions of different fruit fly in Auckland and Northland since 1996 and all have been successfully ...

Forecast heatwave conditions across large parts of the country could mean flies and maggots are more prevalent. Here's how to ...

A biosecurity operation is underway in Auckland after the find of a Queensland fruit fly. The male fruit fly was in a ...

A parasitic fly whose maggots can infest living livestock, birds, pets and humans, could threaten California soon. The New World Screwworm has rapidly spread northward from Panama since 2023 and ...

In early August, a Maryland resident who had traveled to El Salvador was diagnosed with New World screwworm — a flesh-eating parasite — being the first human case of a flesh-eating parasite in U.S.

A 109-square mile section of Santa Clara County has been placed under quarantine following the detection of two female Mediterranean fruit flies in San Jose, officials said. The Medfly targets more ...

A New World Screwworm, which was eradicated in the U.S. in the 1960s, has officials on alert after it was detected in Mexico. Photo by the USDA Earlier this month, the new world screwworm was detected ...

(CNN) — Hundreds of millions of flies dropping from planes in the sky might sound like a horrible nightmare, but experts say such a swarm could be the livestock industry’s best defense against a flesh ...

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 species of insect known for laying its flesh-eating larvae in the wounds ...