After a decades-long hiatus, new world screwworm populations have surged in Central America and Mexico — and are inching northward.

Learn how New World screwworm spreads, who’s at risk, and how to prevent and treat infestations, with guidance from Midland ...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is urging people in southern Texas to keep a lookout for animals suffering from New World screwworm (NWS), a dangerous parasite that also impacts humans.

Study of rotting human cadavers hints that a puzzling chemical marker in Neanderthal remains could be from eating the larvae. The finding adds to the picture that researchers are painting of how our ...