The U.S. Department of Agriculture has opened a new sterile fly dispersal facility in Tampico, Mexico, expanding aerial ...

Black Hornet Nano - known as just 'Black Hornet' - is one of the smallest types of surveillance drones created by Teledyne.

A remarkable 151-million-year-old fly fossil found in China is changing our view of insect evolution. This ancient insect, preserved in amber, shows unique features not seen in modern species. Its ...

Mosquito and midge are often used as synonyms, but biologically, they have different meanings. Photo: Getty Images The words “midge” and “mosquito” are often used synonymously for mosquitoes. However, ...

YAKIMA CANYON – At first, it was a faint roar, just loud enough to wake me up. Then the roar kept building, growing louder until it filled the soundless desert canyon threaded by the Yakima River. A ...

When describing a fly, many people think of the ubiquitous house fly (Musca domestica); whereas, some biologists might envision the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). Both are good examples of ...

There is a large bug that is buzzing around the yards of New York State. It looks so much like a mosquito and it has many people wondering if it is dangerous? It has six legs and what looks like one ...

The RoboBee can already fly, dive, and hover like a real insect. But there’s been one thing it couldn’t do very well – land safely. Now, a team of engineers has finally tackled this critical challenge ...

Harvard’s tiny flying robot, known as the RoboBee, has just gotten a major upgrade that makes landing much safer and smoother. Inspired by the long legs of crane flies, engineers have given the robot ...

Whether you call them crane flies or "skeeter" hawks, the spindly-legged flying insect is an annoyance to humans and a plaything for pets every spring. Crane flies begin to emerge from grassy areas ...