If you spend a lot of time in your backyard, you might come across crane flies. These long, slender flies are one of the first insects to come out in the spring. An important part of the ecosystem ...
With a 40-foot wingspan, it was the largest animal to be able to fly—almost as big as an elephant. This is what the pterosaurs from the genus Quetzalcoatlus looked like. With a wing span of up to 40 ...
Apart from a few hoverflies that can digest pollen, all true flies have to eat food in liquid form - whether that is nectar, dung, blood or shoe polish. Their mouthparts vary in shape from long, ...
for a long time.” Seung and Murthy say that they’ve been developing the FlyWire map for more than four years, using electron microscopy images of slices of the fly’s brain. The researchers ...
For a start—the clue is in the name—they can fly. They can also flirt; fight; form complex, long-term memories of their surroundings; and even warn one another about the presence of unseen ...
Serenely resigned to his impending death but deeply afraid at the prospect of being cremated, an elderly carpenter seeks to have his last wishes carried out in this gentle, beautifully realized ...