10-Year-Old Boy Experiencing Severe Eye Pain Gets 11 Maggots Removed After Horrific Discovery

Medicine & Technology Jul 09, 2023

Ophthalmomyiasis is more common than some people think and can often be found in rural areas with poor hygiene and many flies. Read to learn more.

How Do Airplanes Fly?

Apr 06, 2023

How exactly do these massive machines blaze through the skies? Read to find out.

Zebra Stripes Has a Purpose; Monochrome Pattern Helps Protect Them From Horseflies [STUDY]

Feb 21, 2023

Zebra's stripe monochrome pattern helps them avert from horseflies. Continue reading for more details.

Flight Speed Linked to Body Size in Animals Reveals How Tiny Feather Wing Beetle Flies at Accelerations

Jan 20, 2022

A new study recently showed that the ability of feather wing beetles to fly at speeds and accelerations of insects thrice their size results from a reduced wing mass, as well as a previously unidentified type of wing-motion cycle.

Pollinators' Color Preference Influences Flowers' Color Signals for Pollination; Flowers Compete Over Bees, Flies via Color Evolution

Sep 03, 2021

Fly pollinators help plants pollinate as much as bees and butterflies do. They sense and use color to shape the types of flowers that are present today.

Australia to Use Wolbachia Bacteria to Halt Buffalo Fly Spread

Nov 04, 2020

Australian cattle farmers, especially those from the northern part of the continent, has had to contend with the serious threat that is the Buffalo fly.