MARATHON, FLA. (WSVN) - Volunteers from the Key Deer Sanctuary are working to save the deer from a dangerous flesh-eating parasite called screw worms. There are less than 1,000 Key Deer left in the ...

The flesh-eating fly larvae, which have been detected in Mexico, were declared eradicated from Texas in the 1960s.

FLORIDA KEYS — Fifty endangered Key deer have been euthanized since a screw-worm infestation popped up in the Florida Keys and wildlife officials are taking drastic action to get the problem under ...

COPEG is working to reverse the advance of the screw worm by re-establishing a barrier of sterile flies - Empaque Del Vuelo/COPEG Every week, without fail, specially-modified light aircraft take off ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. AUSTIN, Texas (KXAN) — A parasitic worm ...

An outbreak of the insidious "screw worm" fly in Yemen, is threatening livelihoods, in a country where rearing livestock is a traditional way of life. The menacing fly lays its eggs in a cut or open ...

The threat of an invasive screw worm species could be harmful to Minnesota's pets and wildlife. Experts are urging residents to say alert for the New World screwworm, an aggressive fly whose maggots ...

[1] New Mexico officials prepare for possible New World Screw Worm outbreak – Officials say the parasitic ‘New World Screw Worm’ is getting closer to crossing the border, with the most recent ...