Male crickets in Hawaii softened their chirps once parasitic flies started hunting them. Now, it seems, the flies are homing in on the new tunes.

Fly-tippers in Wolverhampton face heavier fines of £1,000 under new measures introduced by the council. Fines have risen from £400 after the government increased maximum penalties, although ...

The larvae of this fly, from the genus Rhyncomya, have a unique structure on their posterior end: a "mask" that perfectly mimics the head of a termite. This fake face includes non-functional antennae ...