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

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

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.

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.