A type of Japanese dogsbane releases a scent identical to wounded ants’ distress signal, drawing in scavenging flies that unwittingly pollinate it.

(LiveScience) A new fly discovered in Thailand is the world's smallest. It is five times smaller than a fruit fly and tinier than a grain of salt (0.4 millimeters) in length -- half the size of the ...

A female fly (D. longirostrata) pulling the head off an injured lock-jaw ant (Odontomachus). There are tiny tropical flies that turn fire ants into zombies with larvae that eat the ant's brain. But ...

In a greenhouse in Tokyo, researcher Ko Mochizuki noticed something unusual. Flies were swarming around the delicate flowers ...

Texas researchers across the state are finding a solution to fire ants and it is coming from South America. The Phorid fly is a parasitic breed that finds its host in fire ants. This breed is ...

Zombie fire ants. They're a good thing. A method to control the ants - resulting in the zombie moniker used in a Fort Worth Star-Telegram story about current research in Texas - actually has been used ...

Spotting an ant inside your home is always a headache since it's never just one that makes its way inside. They are social insects, which means they rarely travel alone. But while finding a few ants ...

A new fly discovered in Thailand is the world's smallest. It is five times smaller than a fruit fly and tinier than a grain of salt (0.4 millimeters) in length — half the size of the smallest "no ...

Parasitic flies introduced to control red imported fire ants have spread over four million acres in central and southeast Texas since the flies' introduction in 1999, researchers at the University of ...

There are over 12,000 species of ants. Most are seen as pests that invade homes and take over pantries in their search for food. The majority of these ants are found marching on the floor, up walls, ...