The Hill
A horse in New Mexico caught a flesh-eating parasite just days before the border reopened to livestock, proving that irony is not dead.
The Guardian
A Texas ranch horse becomes the first US equine case of flesh-eating screwworm, because the year apparently needed one more thing.
The Atlantic
A flesh-eating fly that terrorized U.S. cattle decades ago is back, and it's not alone - blame, tariffs, and a sterile-fly shortage are joining the party.
Ars Technica
Flesh-eating screwworm larvae may have crossed the US-Mexico border, sending the cattle industry into a tizzy and prompting the USDA to deploy the world's most expensive sterile fly bomb squad.
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