The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is asking the public to look for and ...

The New World screwworm is a fly larva that infests the living tissue of warm-blooded animals, including humans, that causes ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a warning notice to the Austin Aquarium on July 3 related to violations for ...

USDA Public Comment Period Concludes Alongside A Historic Favorable Deregulation Recommendation Of The Darling 54 Chestnut ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) announced on July 9, 2025, that it will no longer ...

The U.S. government is combating a potential invasion of flesh-eating New World screwworm maggots, which threaten livestock, ...

Under the revised approach, APHIS will focus its review on whether a genetically modified organism (GMO) poses a greater plant pest risk compared to an appropriate comparator. If the organism is found ...

Last week a reader wrote, “Scott, I recently read a report that said the federal government killed 624,845 red-winged blackbirds, 357 gray wolves, and 69,041 ...

Most APHIS positions are funded through fees paid by importers and other entities that use the agency's services, not Congressional appropriations. The agency declined to answer those questions ...

APHIS Reinstates Legacy Biotechnology Regulations: Implications for CRISPR-Edited Plants Alice Carli, Krista deBoer, Liz Freeman Rosenzweig, William Tarantino, Michael Ward ...

APHIS will support commercial pork producers, veterinarians, and pig owners with information and resources to help safeguard America’s swine population and the pork industry.

APHIS aims to provide the initial results from its analysis sometime in 2022. The collaborative effort is the first of its kind, with funding from public, private, and industry sources.