Why your holiday flight is still not being powered by sustainable aviation fuel

Worries about investment and cost are stalling progress.

Salman Ahmad, Lecturer in Operations and Supply Chain Management, University of the West of Scotland • conversation
June 26, 2025 • ~6 min

A flesh-eating fly is spreading north to the US. It could devastate livestock farming if not controlled

The screwworm reached Mexico in November 2024, after moving upwards through Central America.

Livio Martins Costa Junior, Professor of Parasitology • conversation
June 16, 2025 • ~6 min

Why climate professionals are often held to unrealistic standards

Whether intentional or not, holding climate professionals to unrealistic standards is a climate delay tactic for justifying the status quo.

Tess Davis, Research Associate, School of Health & Wellbeing, University of Glasgow • conversation
June 3, 2025 • ~8 min

Team discovers fruit fly larvae have a sixth sense

Sharks, bees, and even the platypus share an ability to detect electric fields. Now, researchers have added fruit flies to the list.

Harrison Tasoff-UC Santa Barbara • futurity
April 15, 2025 • ~12 min

Flies are masters of migration – it’s about time they got some credit

Flies are the most ecologically diverse and important migrant group. We just had no idea.

Will Hawkes, Insect Migration Researcher, College of Life and Environmental Science, University of Exeter • conversation
April 2, 2025 • ~6 min

How the war in Ukraine has made flying worse for the climate

No-fly zones in Europe and the Middle East are making planes travel further and burn more fuel.

Viktoriia Ivannikova, Assistant Professor in Aviation Management, Dublin City University • conversation
Feb. 10, 2025 • ~7 min

In Hawaii, parasites and viruses team up in the battle against fruit flies – an entomologist explains the implication for global pest control

Fruit flies wreak havoc on crops in Hawaii, but a type of parasitoid wasp armed with a biological weapon has helped keep the pests at bay.

Kelsey Coffman, Assistant Professor of Entomology & Plant Pathology, University of Tennessee • conversation
Oct. 31, 2024 • ~9 min

Pesticides: farming chemicals make insects sick at non-deadly doses – especially in hot weather

New research highlights the flaws of pesticide regulation.

Dave Goulson, Professor of Biology (Evolution, Behaviour and Environment), University of Sussex • conversation
Oct. 28, 2024 • ~8 min

How fly fishing strengthens our connection with wildlife and fosters conservation efforts

Human interactions with fish can result in three kinds of interspecies encounters that strengthen people’s connections with wildlife and natural environments.

Robin Canniford, Professor of Marketing, University of Galway • conversation
Aug. 19, 2024 • ~6 min

I surveyed 17 million insects flying through a Pyrenean mountain pass – here’s what I learned about these ‘remarkable migrants’

Researchers have been estimating the vast numbers of insects, including many pollinators, migrating at one location in the Pyrenees. But climate change and habitat loss could affect their abundance.

Will Hawkes, Insect Migration Researcher, DEPT, University of Exeter • conversation
June 11, 2024 • ~8 min

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