The blowfly larvae bodies have evolved to closely resemble those of the termites, the researchers report February 10 in Current Biology. Inside the nest, termites recognize each other through touch, ...

Beneath the rocky soil of Morocco, researchers have uncovered a surprising intruder living undetected inside termite colonies ...

The Mission Impossible franchise is famous for its mask reveals. A dubiously explained technology allows an innocuous silver ...

What are nature's best spies? Well, it turns out they just might be fly larvae that can infiltrate termite nests undetected.

“Most termites live several meters deep and have no visual perception. However, harvester termites come out at dusk to ...

Researchers have discovered blow fly larvae with fake termite faces on their rears that enable them to socially integrate ...

This rare blow fly species has larvae that fit right in with the termites down to copying their odor.

According to the team, the relationship between the blow fly larvae and termites appears to be some form of social parasitism ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant ...

Nature is full of impostors, and many of them are found in the insect world. Certain species, such as the bee fly or the ant spider, are experts at ...

For the first time ever, an international study led by the Institute of Evolutionary Biology (IBE), a joint centre of the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC) (the Spanish National ...

Turns out that other creatures - including B. J. Leiderman, who does our theme music - associate the texture of food with taste, and that includes fruit fly maggots. Science reporter Ari Daniel ...