Dr. Joe McGinley has climbed the tallest mountains on six of seven continents and invents medical devices. But before that, ...

Male flies sharpened their eyesight to call the females' bluff Date: February 5, 2025 Source: University of Gothenburg Summary: With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger ...

If the male arrives empty-handed, he is rejected. With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn, have sharpened ...

I’ll admit it: I get some agitation when I fly on a plane. Getting inside that metal tube is where I have rediscovered prayer more than any other place. I was once so afraid of flying that I ...

After Philadelphia scores a touchdown, the crowd belts out the lyrics of a song in one shared voice: "Fly, Eagles Fly! On the road to victory!" "Fly, Eagles Fly" has become the defining anthem of ...

Most people see fruit flies as a nuisance. A scientist at Washington State University Vancouver sees them as the key to understanding evolution. Seth Rudman, an assistant professor in the School ...

Researchers from the Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have identified 23 species of blood-sucking flies, 13 of them recorded for the first time in the country, in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

A crane fly, insect family Tipulidae, is a large fly with long, slender legs that looks like a giant mosquito. They’re sometimes called mosquito hawks or skeeter eaters because they’re said to ...

By copying the structure of a fly's eyes, the specs are claimed to "fill in" the missing section of the wearer's view of the world. Macular degeneration is one of the leading causes of blindness ...

The New Zealand Herald reports that while Neas didn’t pay costs for the return trip, she had originally paid Christchurch-based company Move My Pet $1106 ($1948 NZD) to have Mittens fly with her.

Drain flies are small insects that live in areas with drains or pipes. They are a very common household pest and can be found in other commercial areas with drains, like water treatment plants ...