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This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Sitting outside on a summer evening always sounds relaxing until flies and mosquitoes arrive–then the swatting begins. Despite their minuscule ...

What makes a fly a fly? Well sure, they have wings. But importantly, only two. The larger category for flies is Diptera, which tells you this if you break it down: In Greek, “di” means two (like ...

CHICAGO (Reuters) - The brains of flies are wired to avoid the swatter, U.S. researchers said on Thursday. At the mere hint of a threat, the insects adjust their preflight stance to flee in the ...

Ever wonder how flies are so incredibly good at zipping off to avoid that swatter? A new study using high-resolution, high-speed imaging of flies in action has identified an important part of the ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — Staten Islanders are reporting sightings of the threatening spotted lanternfly here in the borough. They’re hard to spot, harder to kill, and they’re bad for the environment. The ...

If your first instinct upon noticing a pesky fly buzzing around your person is to swat at it in the hopes of sending it elsewhere or even killing it, well, you're pretty normal. We don't often think ...

Best of What's New: The 50 greatest innovations of 2023 » Flies evade your swatting thanks to sophisticated vision and neural shortcuts. By Jamie Theobald and Ravindra Palavalli-Nettimi / The ...