The Mission Impossible franchise is famous for its mask reveals. A dubiously explained technology allows an innocuous silver ...

Blowfly larvae in the mountains of Morocco were found to evolve fake termite-like faces on their rear ends as a cunning disguise, allowing them to infiltrate termite colonies, according to a recent ...

A NEW type of fly maggot has evolved fake faces on their rear-ends as a clever tactic to infiltrate the nests of their prey, ...

Researchers have discovered blow fly larvae with fake termite faces on their rears that enable them to socially integrate ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant spider, are experts at ...

These maggots, however, also manage to mimic the distinctive odour of their hosts. "We quantified the chemical composition of these larvae and the result is surprising: they are indistinguishable from ...

Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture be such a big deal.

The question was, which aspects of rotting fruit do these maggots like and dislike? First, Komarov engineered larvae without their taste organ, which would otherwise be located in each of their ...

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into figuring out why and... Ever bite into a delicious-looking apple ...

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into ...