What are nature's best spies? Well, it turns out they just might be fly larvae that can infiltrate termite nests undetected.

“Most termites live several meters deep and have no visual perception. However, harvester termites come out at dusk to ...

Beneath the rocky soil of Morocco, researchers have uncovered a surprising intruder living undetected inside termite colonies ...

At least 30 people have been infected with a potentially deadly flesh eating parasite in Nicaragua as the previously ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant ...

This time-lapse video shows the development of the nervous system in a fruit fly embryo as it transitions to the larval stage. Fruit flies have a high reproduction rate and a very short gestation ...

With market demand growing for edible insects, the developers say fruit fly larvae have an edge over ... be part of the human diet in the future years," Feinberg said. Overcoming what the ...

For the first time ever, an international study led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), a joint centre of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (the Spanish National ...

Scientists have discovered that fruit fly larvae can actually "taste" food texture, thanks to specialized neurons in their mouthparts. By disabling these neurons, researchers found that the larvae ...

The term myiasis was first proposed by Hope (1840) to refer to diseases of humans originating specifically with dipterous larvae, as opposed to those caused by insect larvae in general, scholechiasis ...

The term myiasis was first proposed by Hope (1840) to refer to diseases of humans originating specifically with dipterous larvae, as opposed to those caused by insect larvae in general, scholechiasis ...

Researchers have discovered blow fly larvae with fake termite faces on their rears that enable them to socially integrate into termite colonies in the mountains of Morocco.