"It’s a daily chore to provide those inspections." Officials to drop millions of flies from airplanes to fight flesh-eating ...

The New World screwworm, whose larva “screws” into the skin and can infect humans as well as livestock, will be here within ...

Anyone who has walked through a barn or cattle pasture in the summer knows that flies are a nuisance and even a health hazard ...

The New World Screwworm is creeping north, threatening cattle in Mexico and the US. Fighting flies with flies has worked ...

Egg: Flies typically lay their eggs on a moist substrate. This can be a dead animal or other decaying organic matter. Larvae (maggots): The larvae of flies hatch from eggs as maggots.

CINTALAPA, Mexico -- With Mexican cattle again barred this month from entry to the United States over fears of spreading a ...

Crane fly larvae are part of the natural ecosystem, which means they’re food for some animals and insects like skunks, birds, ground beetles, and fungi. Crane flies can cause significant damage ...

NPR's Scott Simon speaks with entomologist Edwin Burgess about a plan to combat flash-eating maggots threatening U.S. livestock. It involves breeding billions of flies and dropping them from planes.

Even two flies cut off from the crowd were content with one another. But when a single fly was entirely isolated, the lonely insect began eating more and sleeping less.