They work as hard as bees to pollinate our plants, often look and sound like bees but have no sting – yet hoverflies remain ...

Ever wondered what footballers and Batman have in common with hoverflies? Well, it’s all in the name. Both have lent their ...

Fatigue has serious negative impacts on physical and mental health. Operating machinery when you’re sleep deprived can be as ...

Hoverflies are fascinating creatures. Perhaps like me you’ve watched them live up to their name by hovering in the air, ...

The Royal Horticultural Society and the Wildlife Trusts are calling on UK gardeners to get behind a campaign to the humble ...

Another group in the hover fly family, known as drone flies ... The larvae of most bee fly species lay their eggs in or on other insects, particularly wasps and solitary bees. The larvae then feed on ...

Tanya Latty co-founded and volunteers for conservation organisation Invertebrates Australia, is former president of the Australasian Society for the Study of Animal Behaviour and is on the ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

A wildlife trust is running a project which could help a city become the pollinator capital of the country. Avon Wildlife Trust and the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS) are now working with ...

Common Hoverfly Parasitoid Wasps! Today we're looking at a wasp I found in my backyard. This little insect lays its eggs inside of other hosts (hoverflys), which consumes the hoverfly larva from ...