A widely-used agricultural chemical sprayed on fruits and vegetables to prevent fungal disease is also killing beneficial ...

An established colony of invasive, stinging ants was detected in East Baton Rouge this month, marking the first confirmed ...

It even survives the winter by living in the roots of cereal crops like wheat. Farmers sound the alarm over rapid spread of ...

The creatures lay hundreds of larvae in the wounds of animals and people, which hatch within hours and start consuming the ...

Officials in nine countries are trying to get a handle on the New World screwworm, a fly whose larvae eat the living flesh of ...

Meat and seafood producers are calling for tougher biosecurity penalties after a woman avoided a prison term for illegally ...

Act 182 marks a critical step forward in protecting Vermont’s pollinators, but its implementation cannot fully take effect ...

With the flesh-eating screwworm inching toward Texas, the state will commission a team to fight the parasitic fly and protect ...

The U.S Department of Agriculture shut down animal imports through ports along the southern border due to a growing outbreak ...

In the 1940s and 50s, cowboys carried a stick to treat cattle infested with screwworms. The stick was used to scrape the ...