Surinam Toad. Image via Unsplash The Surinam toad (Pipa pipa) might win the award for the most visually unsettling birth method. During mating, the male attaches eggs to the female’s back. Her skin ...

Many people are familiar with the tsetse fly by name. Fewer people, however, know about the unique way that tsetse flies give birth to their young. Most flies produce dozens, if not hundreds, of eggs, ...

Fly Population Control While tsetse flies are considered pests because of their role in spreading sleeping sickness, they also play an important role in their ecosystems. As parasites and blood ...

The sterile insect technique has been used successfully in places like Zanzibar, Tanzania to control the tsetse fly (Image: Pavlicek/ IAEA) Fighting the tsetse fly using irradiation involves rearing ...

A nuclear technique has successfully reduced the tsetse fly population in Senegal without harming other insects, an eight-year study has found. The study was supported by the International Atomic ...

Chad has eliminated human African trypanosomiasis, a fly-borne tropical disease also known as sleeping sickness, the World Health Organization recently announced. The elimination marks a milestone ...

The mother will then give birth to the larva which can be the same weight as themselves." The researchers have shown that male fertility being more heat sensitive is not common to all insects. Senior ...

The mother will then give birth to the larva which can be the same weight as themselves." The researchers have shown that male fertility being more heat sensitive is not common to all insects. Senior ...

The mother will then give birth to the larva which can be the same weight as themselves.” The researchers have shown that male fertility being more heat sensitive is not common to all insects. Senior ...

The fertility of both female and male tsetse flies is affected by a single burst of hot weather, researchers at the University of Bristol and Stellenbosch University in South Africa have found.