A new study in PLOS Biology of 133 species of flies, mosquitoes and their relatives shows that most species fly in ...

The old rules around the cheapest and the most expensive days to fly have slightly changed over the past years. Believing there's just one optimal day of the week (and perhaps even a specific time of ...

The larva of mango flies can burrow under the skin of mammals, including people and pets like dogs. They live under the skin until they mature into adults and burst out of the skin. Mango flies ...

Jakob von Uexküll was a Baltic German biologist ahead of his time, intrigued by the idea that animals inhabit unique perceptual worlds quite unlike our own. In 1934, he described angling for flies by ...

In theory, fly-fishing is a simple sport: Pick a body of water, choose a fly-fishing rod, select your “fly” (or bait), tie a secure knot, cast your line and, hopefully, land a fish on the other end.