Screwworm Outbreak Goes Digital: AI-Powered Drones Deploy Sterile Insects to Eradicate Flesh-Eating Parasite
In a groundbreaking development set to transform global livestock management, scientists are using artificial intelligence and autonomous drone swarms to combat the screwworm, a flesh-eating parasitic fly that has inflicted billions in agricultural losses. By 2035, this high-tech solution is predicted to slash the threat of screwworm infestations by 90%, saving ranchers from the economic ruin of infected herds and curbing a potential public health crisis as climate change expands the fly’s habitat into new regions.