This summer, a small number of invasive Mediterranean fruit flies were detected in San Jose. In response, the state started ...

Flies carrying disease-causing microbes will likely contaminate the food they touch, but different factors determine whether ...

Male Eastern Hercules beetles have big horns but aren’t dangerous to humans. However, their legs can scratch you if you pick them up. ©Georges_Creations ...

(WJW) – There is a fly in Ohio that experts are buzzing about. The large fly that commonly measures over 1 1/4” long is sometimes called a giant robber fly, an assassin, or even a cannibal fly, and ...

When describing a fly, many people think of the ubiquitous house fly (Musca domestica); whereas, some biologists might envision the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). Both are good examples of ...

The U.S. government will breed billions of sterile flies at a South Texas fly factory to battle a flesh-eating maggot capable of decimating the state’s cattle industry. Construction will begin on a ...

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots in Mexico from crossing the border and damaging ...

Texas is gearing up for war as a savage, flesh-eating fly appears poised for a US invasion and is expanding its range of victims. On Friday, the Texas Department of Agriculture announced the debut of ...