Thanks to its strong, refreshing scent, this fast-growing herb can act as a form of natural pest control that will ward off ...

How does a fly larva sneak into a termite nest? With a butt shaped like a termite’s head, obviously. An international team of researchers in Morocco has discovered blow fly larvae not just living but ...

Nine Mile Run flowing under a bridge before it enters the Monongahela River. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has begun its annual Black Fly Suppression Program. Black ...

People and animals create lots of waste that is usually sent to landfills, incinerated, or stored in engineered ponds such as manure lagoons. Now, researchers report a potential removal method using ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A blow fly larva displays the fake termite head on its rear end, which seems to help it infiltrate and socialize in termite ...

Black soldier fly larvae have been enjoying a series of breakout moments. On Nov. 5, Oberland Agriscience, a Nova Scotia-based company, announced that it had opened a 108,000-square-foot BSFL farm on ...

CBP agriculture specialists at Detroit Metropolitan Airport intercepted live larvae from a rare and potentially destructive fruit fly earlier this year. A specialist at the USDA Systemic Entomology ...

While it may be an unfamiliar sensation to humans, electroreception is relatively commonplace in the animal kingdom. Sharks, bees and even the platypus all share this ability to detect electric fields ...