Climate change could be helping the flesh-eating screwworm fly spread, undoing decades of progress — and the USDA isn’t doing ...

With a sting that packs a punch, would any creature dare to eat a bee? You would be surprised to know that, from birds to ...

Some doubted the species ever existed at all. But the Endangered Wildlife Trust says two of its researchers have found and ...

Around 1,475 species of crane flies are known in India, but they are largely understudied. Often mistaken to be mosquitoes, wasps or other predatory insects, crane flies only feed on nectar or water.

Now, at age 5, he also knows--and pronounces well--the scientific name. Globally, there are more than 7500 described species of robber flies. Most people have neither seen nor heard of the insects.

A team of scientists discovered a species of blow fly (family Calliphoridae) whose larvae can infiltrate colonies of harvester termites in the Anti-Atlas mountains of southern Morocco. The ...

ENGLAND: A study on fruit flies revealed that certain species are extremely vulnerable to a variety of viruses. In the study - by the University of Exeter - 35 fruit fly species were exposed to 11 ...

The species’ habitat is at risk from development and degradation from multiple causes. Pacific Sandpirate (Lasiopogon pacificus) is a medium-sized (~1 cm) robber fly (family Asilidae). Distinguishing ...

Just how many fly species are out there? Kim told me that our planet buzzes ... (Some of the other flies include, but are not limited to: leafminer flies, wood gnats, root maggot flies, robber flies, ...

In the forested mountains of the Peruvian Andes, a small creature was discovered as a new species. Lehr E, Moravec J, Wang Y, Uvizl M (2024) ZooKeys In the mountains of central Peru, the sloping ...

Some of Orange County has been placed under a quarantine due to an invasive fruit fly species, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, which told residents in affected ...

A new species of wasp has been discovered parasitizing adult fruit flies – the first of its kind ever documented. Parasitoid wasps' life cycles can get pretty gruesome (at least from the ...