This article was originally featured on The Conversation. April in the Florida Panhandle. It was hot, humid, and a thunderstorm was lurking. But as a fresh graduate student, I was relieved for the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robber flies visually track their prey before spearing it with their proboscis. Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido, CC BY-ND April in the ...

Robber flies are aerodynamic acrobats, able to spot their prey, dodge around obstacles, and capture smaller insects at high speeds in midflight. Scientists have taken a closer look at how robber flies ...

While many flies are content to land on pieces of fruit or carrion, robber flies (Asilidae) engage in mortal combat. Intercepting smaller insects on the wing, robber flies dine on anything they can ...

(WJW) – There is a fly in Ohio that experts are buzzing about. The large fly that commonly measures over 1 1/4” long is sometimes called a giant robber fly, an assassin, or even a cannibal fly, and ...

SMALL, quick and often fleeting, it can be difficult to catch insects in all their miniaturised glory. Yet these close-up photos emphasise the beauty and intricacy of these critters in astonishing ...

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(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Siddhant Pusdekar, University of Minnesota (THE CONVERSATION) April in the Florida ...