A long-nosed fly from the Jurassic of Central Asia, reported by Russian paleontologists, provides new evidence that insects have started serving as pollinators long before the emergence of flowering ...

A long-proboscid fly with an extra-long, tongue-like proboscis might seem to take extra-long to feed on a flower, but it actually has an advantage over its counterparts with average sized ...

Measuring how much a fruit fly eats opens the door to studies of metabolism and aging. But the assays are hotly debated. Scientists can choose from a wealth of assays to measure how much fruit flies ...

This is the summer of the cannibal flies. For people fascinated by the boundless diversity of insects, that’s a good thing. For subordinate bugs, the cannibal-fly bonanza is very bad. Cannibal fly is ...