The U.S. government is preparing to breed billions of flies and drop them from airplanes over Mexico and even southern Texas.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced plans to drop millions of flies over Texas and Mexico, in an effort to ...

Mosquitoes and crane flies are often confused for one another because they look similar at first glance, and they live in ...

The Department of Agriculture is pursuing a disgusting—but effective—strategy to eliminate the larva of the New World ...

The RSPB is calling on households to keep an eye out for crows in their gardens this summer, as the population of carrion ...

The charity urges householders to take simple steps to help starlings and other at risk birds in their back gardens, ...

Mexico and the United States said they would gradually reopen the United States border to cattle imports from Mexico in July after U.S. agriculture officials suspended them in ...

During this time as larvae, crane flies are important for recycling and decomposition — they eat leaves, plants and small bits of organic material in the soil or water bodies where they live.

Each year, crane flies come out in droves in February and March, especially after periods of heavy rain. "They emerge when spring is around the corner, so people can expect to see them until we ...