FLIES are a common pest found in the summer months and they tend to constantly try and sneak into our homes. While they may not be harmful, they certainly are annoying, but there's a simple way to ...

A scientist decided to find out why a bacterial infection makes fruit flies promiscuous. What he discovered could help curb mosquito-borne diseases and manage crop pests. When fruit flies are ...

Environmental officials in California’s San Francisco Bay and East Bay areas are releasing millions of sterile fruit flies to reduce the number of pests leading to produce decay. The fruit flies ...

Fruit flies are attracted to ripe, rotting, or fermenting produce and can breed in moist areas like drains. Homemade traps using apple cider vinegar, overripe fruit, wine, or beer can effectively ...

To many, they’re just nuisances, but houseflies, fruit flies and other maligned flying insects are major migratory players that deserve further study, according to new research that calls them a ...

When I fish a trout river that’s new to me, I often stop into a local fly shop to pick up a few dry flies. Every river has its own special patterns, and I’m a sucker for these. I thought it ...

In just a handful of years, cricket-killing parasitic flies have evolved hearing that’s more sensitive to their prey’s new, covert love songs, researchers report February 20 in Current Biology.

JOHANNESBURG - Is that buzzing sound annoying you? Well it's not just you. Joburg residents are complaining of a fly infestation. It seems like the warmer weather is providing the perfect breeding ...

And for my money, no other outdoor activity is quite as sublimely masochistic as swinging flies for Great Lakes steelhead in the winter. Originally a method for catching salmon in the rivers of the ...

Fruit flies buzzing around your kitchen can be a frustrating sight, but not all small flying insects in your home are what they seem. Many homeowners mistake drain flies for their fruit-loving ...

"We can feed black soldier flies straight, dirty trash," says a team that's working to turn insects into landfill-clearing biomanufacturing machines that turn regular, dangerous or contaminated ...

Have you ever wondered how a fruit fly finds that rotting banana in your kitchen? Scientists at the University of Nevada at Reno have some answers. While it might seem like flies flit aimlessly ...