Colorado prepares for screwworms, as the pest that was eradicated in 1966 returns to the US
Ph. New World screwworm flies lay their eggs in the living tissue of warm-blooded animals. Ramdan Fatoni/iStock via Getty Images Sarah Tomlinson, Colorado State University New World screwworm, a concerning pest that mainly impacts livestock and wildlife, was detected in South Texas in June 2026. It has since expanded northward in Texas, and
