Not much is known about the predator fly Laphria saffrana. New research identified how they count the wingbeats of their favored prey, letting it slip out of focus before adjusting their heads.

Flies often beat out competitors for food because of their specialized sensing organs called antennae.

Why is it so difficult to swat a fly? A team of insect experts explains how a fly’s sophisticated vision allows it to quickly react to visual cues.

A fly does some of its digesting outside its body before it even eats any food.

Not all flowers smell good, to people at least, but their scents are a way to attract pollinators.

Entomologists wonder if the insects currently pollinating farmed cacao are the right ones for the task.

Chemicals banned in the EU were recently granted an exemption for limited use in the UK.