Flies often beat out competitors for food because of their specialized sensing organs called antennae.
New research on what attracts blood-feasting flies to blue objects could help minimise the impacts of those insects on people and animals.
From a Hugh Jackman-esque spider to honouring traditional Indigenous words, these species have memorable names.
An infestation as a chick leads to enlarged nostrils in the beak of Darwin finches, and that affects their mating call.
Palaeontologists have discovered an unusual aquatic parasite from Jurassic-era China. Jun Chen from Linyi University and…