Inexpensive to raise and insatiably hungry for trash, black soldier fly larvae are already on the menu for livestock, pets ...

Using chemical clues from Neanderthal bones, researchers have placed the species at the top of the food chain, alongside apex ...

Summer is the season for flies, which belong to an insect group that scientists call Diptera. Many fly species are more ...

The U.S. has blocked imports of live cattle, horses, and bison through southern border ports following the resurgence in Mexico of the New World Screwworm, a parasitic fly that infects animals and ...

As global food demand surges, identifying secure methods to minimise agricultural waste grows essential. Scientists ...

The United States has suspended all animal imports from Mexico due to a parasitic fly that can produce flesh-eating maggots. New World screwworms are the cause of the indefinite suspension of animal ...

Ever bite into a delicious-looking apple, only to be rewarded with a chunk of mealy pulp? Or take a swig of milk, and get something lumpy in your mouth? Yeah, yuck. Well, it turns humans have company ...

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into figuring out why and... Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is just ...