EVANSTON, Ill. — Some animals get tougher to survive harsh conditions. Others get smarter. But a certain desert fruit fly has evolved to crave the very thing that could kill it. Scientists from ...

Though there are hundreds of different fly species in Minnesota, let’s focus on three categories of biting flies, starting from small to large: black flies, deer flies and horse flies. Deer flies' ...

Summer is the season for flies, which belong to an insect group that scientists call Diptera. Many fly species are more active when the weather is warmer, and populations can boom thanks to the ...

Ever wish you could stop that fruit fly on your kitchen counter in its tracks? Scientists have created flies that halt under red light. In doing so, they discovered the precise neural mechanisms ...