Screwworms are fly larvae or maggots that feed on living tissue instead of decomposing tissue. The New World Screwworm was discovered in the Florida Key’s endangered Key deer population in 2016. The ...

In 2016, a parasite was discovered in the Florida Keys in the wounds of the endangered key deer. Since wild animals encounter many obstacles as they grow and survive, the presence of the wounds ...

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Have you ever pulled up a stunted broccoli or bok choy plant only to find shiny, curly, worm-like critters making a meal out ...

Sid Miller, the Texas agriculture commissioner, described the New World screwworm as a ‘direct and imminent threat’ to his ...

Ethan Krieger (He/Him) is an editor at DualShockers that got started in the writing industry by covering professional basketball for a sports network. Despite being a diehard sports fan (mainly ...

Florida's deepest lake, named Deep Lake, is located in the Big Cypress National Preserve. The lake is a 90-foot-deep sinkhole that formed around 6,000 years ago. Florida is certainly not known for ...

Florida's coral reefs are under siege. Since 2014, Stony Coral Tissue Loss Disease (SCTLD) has spread rapidly across the ...