According to the university, Dr. Oliver Beckers, principal investigator and associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, has discovered a new species of fly: Neomintho beckersi.

Dr. Oliver Beckers, Murray State University principal investigator and associate professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, has made quite the discovery: a new species of fly.

There’s nothing more annoying than the persistent buzz of a fly indoors, not to mention the fact that some flies can transmit ...

People and animals create lots of waste that is usually sent to landfills, incinerated, or stored in engineered ponds such as ...

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The best prevention approach is exclusion: covering vulnerable crops as soon as they are planted with a mesh net that blocks ...

From venomous ants to zombie wasps, these insect predators deploy some of the grisliest hunting strategies in the natural ...

AgriLife Extension has released two new fact sheets on New World screwworm to help Texans prepare for the parasite ...

The closure of the southern border to live Mexican cattle imports, prompted by concerns over the New World screwworm, is ...

You’ve probably seen a hoverfly. It’s a small, bee-like insect that hovers over your flowers in summer. Though they look like tiny bees or wasps, they don’t sting. They’re actually some of the most ...

Screwworm flies lay their eggs in wounds, noses, ears, eyes or mouths. Their eggs develop into maggots that feed on the surrounding flesh as they burrow deeper.

A U.S.-based facility dedicated to releasing sterile screwworm flies began operations Monday in Texas, marking a major step in efforts to prevent the flesh-eating parasite from crossing the Mexican ...