The Texas parks department says the maggots will lay eggs in "open wounds or orifices of live tissue such as nostrils, eyes or mouth." Such an infestation is known as New World screwworm myiasis.

There are a lot of threats to Texas’ white-tailed deer population including Chronic Wasting Disease and the occasional ...

Typically, maggots pose no threat to healthy individuals. However, they can infect human tissue, leading to a condition known as myiasis. Symptoms of myiasis vary depending on the severity and ...

The New World Screwworm are larvae and maggots with ‘sharp mouth hooks’ that latch onto ... The infection is called NWS myiasis, Texas officials said. Signs of an infection include: The ...