About 90% of flowering plants rely on animals to transfer their pollen and optimize reproduction, making pollination one of ...

She will nurture her chicks until they learn to fly, at which point they will leave the nest. Belonging to the Nectariniidae ...

The rate of development of poikilothermic animals, such as insects, fish, and reptiles, is determined by environmental ...

It is commonly accepted that insects could possibly be a mechanical vector for transferring pathogens. Especially now larvae ...

You can get rid of fruit flies fast effectively—and naturally—with things you probably already have in your kitchen.

(via Be Smart) Imagine the scale of raindrops if you were the size of a small bird. Or mosquito. Flying through a drizzle should be deadly! Like flying through falling cars and boulders. And yet it’s ...

Researchers have discovered blow fly larvae with fake termite faces on their rears that enable them to socially integrate into termite colonies in the mountains of Morocco.

This research may help predict how climate change will impact insect distribution and behavior. Tiny cold-blooded animals ...

Tiny, cold-blooded animals like flies depend on their environment to regulate body temperature, making them ideal "canaries ...

Using two species of flies from different climates -- one from the cool, high-altitude forests of Northern California, the other hailing from the hot, dry deserts of the Southwest -- scientists ...