A little leg may reveal something big about how closely related insect species can drastically differ in body shape, according to a new study. The team imaged live cells of fruit flies in the last ...

Summer is the season for flies, which belong to an insect group that scientists call Diptera. Many fly species are more ...

Most of the volume of epithelial cell bodies containing nuclei are aligned as a monolayer on the apical (upper) side. They extend pillarlike cell processes in a basal (downward) direction. At the ...

Scientists are one step closer to understanding consciousness, with the unveiling of the world’s first complete, high-resolution brain map of the baby fruit fly. It’s the most complex and intricate ...

Healthier herds with reduced production losses due to flies and insect pests can come from better management, but tools, control methods and practical guidance when it comes to pest control, can play ...

About 350 million years ago, our planet witnessed the evolution of the first flying creatures. They are still around, and some of them continue to annoy us with their buzzing. While scientists have ...

Deep under the Jurassic rock beds of New South Wales, scientists discovered fossilized insects that push back the history of one of the world’s most hardy families of flies. These fragile traces, ...

The Royal Entomological Society’s Photography Competition highlights the wonder and diversity of the six-legged creatures that crawl, swim and fly across the planet Carlyn Kranking - Associate Web ...

An injured butterfly can now fly after a wing transplant from a dead insect. The monarch butterfly was brought to Sweetbriar Nature Center in Long Island, New York, with its wing bent and torn, unable ...