New World Screwworm USDA Releases Nearly 400 Million Sterile Flies In Texas In Fight Against New World Screwworm Officials urge vigilance for livestock injuries amid outbreak
New World Screwworm Two of Texas’s Deadliest Pests Are Bound to Clash. Will Anybody Win? The flesh-eating New World screwworm has returned to Texas—and the state’s millions of fast-moving feral hogs could turn a dangerous livestock outbreak into a far larger crisis.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 6/30/2026 Coffee waste becomes forest recovery. Goats become habitat managers. Ranchers become conservation practitioners. And more....
New World Screwworm Idaho Adds Requirements For Animal Entry In Response To U.S. New World Screwworm Cases The Idaho State Department of Agriculture instated additional state entry requirements for animals on Wednesday following detections of New World screwworm — a flesh eating parasite — in Texas and New Mexico
New World Screwworm Screwworm Cases Rise in Texas The number of confirmed New World screwworm cases in Texas has risen to four as officials work to stop the spread of the invasive pest that could decimate the U.S. cattle industry.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 6/23/2026 Wildfires, wild horses, chronic wasting disease, and a potentially historic El Niño may seem unrelated. They aren't. This week's edition of Restoring Biodiversity explores how resilience, stewardship, and healthy ecosystems remain our strongest defense against growing environmental challenges.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 6/16/2026 A flesh-eating parasite is moving north through Mexico, threatening livestock, wildlife, and rural economies. This week's edition examines the growing New World screwworm threat, the response unfolding in Texas, and why prevention remains the cornerstone of effective stewardship.
New World Screwworm Secretary Brooke Rollins Discusses Actions Taken to Combat the New World Screwworm This update from Secretary Rollins highlights an aggressive, science-driven effort to stop the northward advance of the New World screwworm before it can threaten American livestock, wildlife, and rural economies.
New World Screwworm New World Screwworm May Be in South Texas AG Commissioner Sid Miller discusses the USDA's discovery that that the New World Screwworm may be in South Texas.
New World Screwworm USDA: New World Screwworm Not Yet in the U.S., But Threat Draws Closer This report delivers a clear message: while the New World screwworm has not yet crossed into the United States, federal and state officials believe the threat is real and growing as new cases are detected ever closer to the Texas border.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 4/21/2026 The world’s biggest animal migration. Screwworm is coming for the US. Animals using fallen logs as bridges. And more...
New World Screwworm The “Man Eater” Screwworm Is Coming For The U.S. After a decades-long campaign to beat the parasites down to Panama, they’re speeding back up north.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 4/7/2026 Screwworm and the role of the USDA’s “tick riders." True conservation requires responsibility, not neglect. Wolves and moose at Pitchstone Waters. And more...
New World Screwworm An Insidious Pest Threatens Texas Cattle. It’ll Have to Get Past These Guys. The New World screwworm has been infecting livestock just over the border, in Mexico. “Tick riders,” a 120-year-old group of mounted USDA inspectors, are the nation’s first line of defense.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 3/10/2026 Screwworm update shared at TWA annual convention. Yellowstone's largest eruption created an incredible unconformity. Soil is the foundation for biodiversity. And more...
Screwworm Screwworm Update Shared At TWA Annual Convention No screwworms have been found in Texas at this point, despite rumors that screwworms are already here.
New World Screwworm More NWS Cases In Tamaulipas; Opinions, Updates Offered This is the third detection in Tamaulipas. The first detection in the baby calf remains both the northernmost overall detection in Tamaulipas and the northernmost active detection in Mexico.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 12/30-2025 Screwworm is resurgent in Mexico - can we keep it out of the U.S.? Energy development abuse threatens Port Aransas and Texas' bays and estuaries. And more...
New World Screwworm Screwworm Update - NWS Update Shared, Implications, Preparedness And Response Plan As of November 5, Senasica, Mexico’s counterpart to USDA, reports that there are 757 active NWS cases in Mexico.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 10/21/2025 New World screwworm once again dangerously near Texas. A turning point in how nature-based solutions can restore ecosystems. State agencies generally produce better results than federal agencies. And more...
New World Screwworm Special Report: New World Screwworm In light of the imminent threat of New World screwworm looming along the Texas-Mexico border, Borderlands Research Institute has pulled together the following information and resources to help guide ranchers and farmers.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 9/2/2025 The reappearance of screwworm. Raising smaller animals. How the Big Beautiful Bill affects farmers and ranchers. And more...
New World Screwworm The U.S. Confirms its First Human Case of New World Screwworm. What is It? U.S. officials confirmed a case of the flesh-eating parasite in a person who traveled from El Salvador. Screwworm typically affects cattle in South America but has spread north in recent years.
Newsletter Restoring Biodiversity - 8/19/2025 Screwworm is again a problem on the Texas-Mexico border. Another tourist in Yellowstone got too close to a bison. A visually stunning celebration of what makes Texas unique. And more...
News Brooke Rollins Followed Through on Her Warning and Closed the Border to Mexican Imports of Live Cattle, Horse, and Bison U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins followed through on her warning and closed the border to Mexican imports of live cattle, horse, and bison due to the continued and rapid northward spread of New World screwworm (NWS) in Mexico.
