The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to drop millions of flies over Texas and Mexico, in an effort to ...

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Everyone knows how valuable bees are to your garden because they are pollinating your flowers. But they’re not the only ...

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The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of flesh-eating New World screwworm maggots, which threaten livestock, ...

Flesh-eating maggots are inching toward the southwestern border of the US. The defense plan? Breed millions of sterilized ...

The flesh-eating maggots go for most warm-blooded animals, including horses and cows. They have also been known to infect domestic pets and even humans in rare cases, Kaufman said.

The USDA partners with Mexico to create a buffer zone south of the border, releasing the sterile flies in coordination to stop re-infestation before it crosses into U.S. territory. Without the program ...