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Billions of flies will be bred in an effort to fight a screwworm fly invasion. USDA plans to drop the insects over Mexico and ...
USDA combats flesh-eating New World Screwworm by breeding sterilized flies for release over Mexico and Texas, with a new fly ...
Monk parakeets are causing power outages in Texas. Here's how the noisy, colorful birds are becoming a big problem.
A parasitic fly that devastated Texas livestock in the 1960s is spreading north through Central America and potentially toward the state’s $15 billion cattle industry, prompting state and ...
With the flesh-eating screwworm inching toward Texas, the state will commission a team to fight the parasitic fly and protect ...
And while we’re likely to smell the insects’ self-defense odors, there is another scent that could come into play. For example, with roaches, people might not smell the insects themselves, but ...
On Friday, Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham urged the U.S. Department of the Interior to completely delist the ...
Have you ever wondered what the largest snake in North America is? Perhaps you’re interested in snake facts or curious to see ...
The Texas Department of Agriculture is on alert as the threat of screwworm, a flesh-eating fly larva, looms closer to the U.S ...
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing added protections for seven species of pangolin under the Endangered Species ...
Texas is known for snakes, but these lakes take it to the next level. Learn which Texas lakes have venomous snakes and how to ...