Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Robber flies visually track their prey before spearing it with their proboscis. Paloma Gonzalez-Bellido, CC BY-ND April in the ...

I was lucky to capture this intense moment of a hairy robber fly (Laphria aurea) holding its freshly caught prey. Despite its fuzzy and almost harmless appearance, this insect is a skilled aerial ...

April in the Florida Panhandle. It was hot, humid, and a thunderstorm was lurking. But as a fresh graduate student, I was relieved for the escape from my first brutal Minnesota winter. I was ...