Biomedical engineers at Duke University have developed a computational imaging system that borrows techniques from astronomy to reconstruct 4D videos of freely moving small model organisms, like ...

Black soldier fly larvae could help to create sustainable animal feed and solve the world’s food waste problem. Each year humans waste more than one billion tons of food, or a third of all food ...

Crawling along the world’s river bottoms, the larvae of the caddis fly suffer a perpetual housing crisis. To protect themselves from predators, they gather up sand grains and other sediment and paste ...

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 ...

In the mountains of the Anti-Atlas in Morocco, a fly larva has developed a camouflage strategy that is as surprising as it is effective. Thanks to a "mask" resembling a termite head on its posterior ...

COLLEGE STATION, Texas - It may be hard to understand the appeal of plunging your hand into a pile of writhing maggots. But the sensation is uniquely tactile, not at all unpleasant, as thousands of ...

I have some coffee grounds that were not used, and these worms appeared in them. Are they a problem? Should I not use the grounds, and should I try to kill the worms? That's a common question about ...

Bird nests are home not only to the bird parents and their offspring but also to other inhabitants, such as insect larvae, which take advantage of the favorable climatic conditions and abundant supply ...