A carnivorous fruit fly living in bubbling African streams may sound like a fever dream. However, with the help of DNA analysis of a pinned insect from a museum in Zurich, researchers have managed to ...

As the story goes, fly-angling aristocrats actually banned the use of this colorful wet fly on the fabled chalk streams. Because the fly impersonated a baitfish instead of an insect, the hoi polloi of ...

One of the oldest cliches in fishing is that lures and flies have to catch fishermen before they catch fish. It is, however, ...

Biting midges, sometimes called “no-see-ums” because of their diminutive size, are back again. The tiny flies are sometimes ...

Insects do not just show up—they take over patios, gardens, and kitchens when conditions allow it. Many homeowners want a ...

The US is organising a repatriation flight for 17 Americans on board the cruise ship at the centre of a hantavirus outbreak, ...

Male strepsipterans develop inside a host insect during their larval stage and, upon reaching the adult stage, emerge from the host body to begin a free-living phase. In a new study, researchers at ...