Think snakes are fearless predators? Think again. These 8 animals are the stuff of serpent nightmares deadly, clever, and often lightning-fast. From birds that snatch them mid-strike to mammals immune ...

It’s been decades since the New World Screwworm was a problem in the U.S., but the flies are now advancing northward from ...

The genomes of long-living, big-brained mammal species reveal that they carry more copies of immunity genes. Experts ...

The New World screwworm is endemic in parts of Latin America and the Caribbean — and its northward spread into Mexico has ...

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins called the safety of the nation’s food supply "a national security issue of the utmost importance." ...

Imports from Mexico have been halted following the detection of New World screwworm maggots in livestock coming into the U.S.

The U.S. has suspended imports of live cattle from Mexico amid the threat of a flesh-eating maggot known as the New World ...

The United States will suspend Mexican exports of live cattle for 15 days to review the joint strategy in the fight against ...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins on Sunday said she is suspending imports of live cattle, horses and bison through ...

Even though the U.S. eradicated the flesh-eating parasite the New World Screwworm six decades ago, its survival to the south ...

A complete Mixodectes pungens skeleton reveals it was a leaf-eating, tree-dwelling mammal closely related to primates and ...

Biologists have discovered two previously unknown species of crocodiles, one living on the island of Cozumel and the other on the atoll of Banco Chinchorro, both off the Yucat n Peninsula. The ...