U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins came to the Rio Grande Valley of South Texas on Wednesday and announced what she ...

The State of Texas is pausing new border wall construction contracts as it completes already started segments, and hopes for ...

The Texas Department of Agriculture is on alert as the threat of screwworm, a flesh-eating fly larva, looms closer to the U.S. border.

The pest has been detected just 700 miles from the U.S. border, leading the USDA to take "urgent action" to protect U.S.

Two Mexican nationals have been convicted of illegally entering a military-controlled space along the southern border. U.S.

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Screwworm is a parasitic fly that targets warm-blooded animals and has the potential to disrupt Texas’ $15 billion cattle ...

The U.S. government plans to open what amounts to a fly factory by the end of the year, announcing its intent Wednesday to ...

Marcos Leao's detention by Marines marks what many legal, defense and policy experts say is an unprecedented violation of the ...

Texas is no longer funding the construction of a wall along its southern border as state lawmakers have suggested that ...

Because sterile NWS flies are one of the most important and proven tools for eradicating the pest, USDA will immediately ...