Eastern oyster larvae are only 100–300 micrometers long, but their dense calcium carbonate shells make them substantially heavier than the surrounding seawater. A new study led by the Woods Hole ...

Cattle grazing on a ranch in Mexico. Representative image; the animals are not known to be affected by New World screwworm. Photo by Brunxs via Pexels. The word “maggot” usually evokes decay. Many ...

Jack Bruce's settlement was reached on May 4 in U.S. District Court in Oakland. Hercules will pay $1.25 million on behalf of the city and officers Angel Garcia, Michael Thompson and Joshua Goldstein.

For the first time in a year, the U.S.-Mexico border partly reopened to cattle imports following a screwworm infestation across the region. The battle against the flesh-eating fly has only just begun ...

DONA ANA COUNTY, N.M. (KFOX14/CBS4) — Doña Ana County is offering residents a new way to fight mosquitoes, free mosquito-eating fish. County leaders announced that the county’s Vector Control sector ...

Mark Strassmann is CBS News' senior national correspondent based in Atlanta. He covers a wide range of stories, including space exploration. Strassmann is also the senior national correspondent for ...

Eating within a shorter daily window may help protect certain thinking skills as people age. In a small six-month trial, older women who limited eating to about 8 to 9 hours a day performed better on ...

We mined the year’s top nutrition stories for 10 helpful lessons. By Amanda Schupak As a nutrition reporter, healthy eating is my bread and butter (pardon the pun). I spend a lot of time dissecting ...

A rancher arrives for a news conference with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins at the Knipling-Bushland U.S. Livestock Insects Research Laboratory in Kerrville, Texas, Monday, June 8, 2026.

The USDA confirmed the presence of New World screwworm larvae in a calf in Zavala County, Texas. The parasite's larvae feed on the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, including livestock, pets, and ...

A parasitic fly with a flesh-eating larva has been found in Texas and could threaten the cattle industry if it spreads. established a 12.4-mile-long, The Associated Press reported. It is only the ...