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Understanding these behaviors is imperative. Scientists make incredible discovery when analyzing behavior of flies: 'The ...

We have always known that flying requires wings. But what if we tell you that you do not necessarily require wings to take ...

The discovery that what was long believed to be one fly species is actually two deepens researchers’ understanding of plant-pollinator relationships in a unique habitat in southern Africa. Until ...

The Diptera ('true flies' or 'two-winged flies') constitute one of the largest orders of insects, with more than 160,000 species known worldwide and at least as many more still awaiting discovery.

Among the 34 new species, 14 are types of flies. Li Meilin, a doctoral candidate from the College of Plant Protection at China Agricultural University in Beijing, discovered nine new species of ...

Its high-pitched hum may catch your attention before you see it. This is the most common bee-fly species in the UK. It is widespread across England, Wales and Scotland, occurring in urban gardens and ...

ENGLAND: A study on fruit flies revealed that certain species are extremely vulnerable to a variety of viruses. In the study - by the University of Exeter - 35 fruit fly species were exposed to 11 ...

Birds are often associated with flight, but not all of them take to the skies. Around 60 species — fewer than 1% of all bird ...

Researchers including Professor Alistair McGregor, in Durham University's Department of Biosciences, looked at two closely related species of fruit fly—Drosophila mauritiana and Drosophila simulans.