Zebras evolved stripes to prevent pesky biting flies from landing on them, a study finds. NIH’s plan to reduce indirect funds faced immense backlash from researchers. A federal judge ruled to extend ...

Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison sequenced microbial communities from these biting flies at two connected dairy farms, then compared those findings to manure samples from the ...

Black flies can be a serious problem because they bite. When black flies are active they can develop into large swarms. Sometimes black flies are nuisances by just swarming around people without ...

However, cattle outdoors are vulnerable to blood-feeding insects, including gadflies and cattle flies. Growing stress from the pain and itchiness caused by the biting bugs can decrease the animals ...

The zebra-print cows displayed fewer signs of annoyance, such as tail flicking and head shaking, and attracted lower numbers of biting flies than unpainted cows. The study was inspired by previous ...

The Outer Banks is notorious for its bugs, particularly female biting flies that get protein by sucking the blood of animals and people, the National Park Service told The Charlotte Observer.