When MIT neurobiologists tracked how more than 200 motor neurons in fruit flies each edited their RNA, they cataloged hundreds of target sites and widely varying editing rates. Scores of edits altered ...

Researchers are trapping and tracking the New World screwworm to detect it early before it threatens livestock. The previous ...

University of California Riverside researchers are launching a preemptive strike against a parasitic, flesh-eating fly’s ...

Texas lawmakers heard conflicting reports on the state’s readiness to fight the New World Screwworm, which is approaching the ...

Western Australia’s top bug experts say this year’s fly season may be ramping up – but it’s still not a shadow on what baby boomers experienced back in the day. November is typically the month WA ...

If you’ve ever walked into your home to find tiny flies lazing around your fruit bowl or houseplants, you’re not alone. Gnats ...

By testing for microbes in termite excrement, researchers can distinguish old droppings from fresh, and whether a colony is ...

A type of flesh-eating maggot is making a comeback — and it’s creeping toward the United States. The new world screwworm is a blowfly whose larvae burrow into animal wounds and gorge on living tissue.

One of two large blue cranes manufactured in Manitowoc has departed for a U.S. Naval base. The second crane is scheduled to ship in the spring, with the U.S. Navy determining the departure dates.

The Tampico facility will allow USDA to disperse sterile flies aerially across northeastern Mexico, including in Nuevo León, ...