Protect Texas wildlifeThe Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service has released a new fact sheet, “ Wildlife Monitoring and Management for New World Screwworm ,” to help Texans protect wildlife from the threat of this potentially devastating parasite. Learn how to spot and report New World screwworm in free-ranging wildlife. This new AgriLife Extension fact sheet gives Texans the steps and education they need to act quickly. He and Phillip Kaufman, Ph.D., head of the Texas A&M Department of Entomology, were on the frontlines of Florida’s 2016 New World screwworm eradication efforts. About the New World screwwormThe New World screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax, is a parasitic fly that lays its eggs in wounds of living, warm-blooded animals, including humans.