Mountain fly maggots have evolved fake faces on their butts as a cunning disguise to infiltrate termite colonies, a new study ...

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

Nature is full of cunning trickery, but few are as audacious as the blow fly. Imagine not only altering your smell and ...

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

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

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, ...

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

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 ...

Medical grade blow fly larvae are produced in laboratories specifically designed to render them germ-free. The larvae are then shipped in special containers to prevent contamination.

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 ...

Researchers have discovered blow fly larvae with fake termite faces on their rears that enable them to socially integrate into termite colonies in the mountains of Morocco.