In a study published in the journal eLife, lead author Willie Weir said they discovered that the tsetse fly existed ... That type of reproduction is technically called asexual reproduction and ...

Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) for Tsetse Flies: New methods have been developed to mass-rear ... This has enabled the separation of males from females as early as possible in the life cycle on a ...

Kenya’s dream of achieving food security will remain elusive due to invasion of vast fertile lands by tsetse flies. Kenya Tsetse and Tryponosomiasis Eradication Council says the national food ...

A small team of biologists at Mississippi State University and the University of Wyoming has found a species of parasitoid ...

This story appears in the November 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine. In sexual reproduction—the way most life-forms procreate—each parent provides half an offspring’s chromosomes.

But now, researchers from Japan and the US have discovered how the microbes living in fruit flies can enhance their ...

Imagine a gene that promotes sexual reproduction, such as by making it more likely that a plant will reproduce via sexually produced seeds as opposed to some asexual process (e.g., budding ...

Don’t let summer fly by. Get out and enjoy it without pesky flies ruining your outings or meals by using these DIY fly traps. Controlling flies may seem like an impossible battle since they ...

Transmission typically occurs when a fly regurgitates directly on food or on surfaces that humans touch. This can cause a number of illnesses, including: As if this litany of ills weren’t enough ...

Those winged beasts are fruit flies, and they're always buzzing around ... food as possible prevents pests from continuing their life cycle. Throw away garbage and take out recycling frequently.