Scientists have discovered that flies carry more diseases than suspected. The house fly and the blowfly together harbour more than 600 different bacteria, according to a DNA analysis. Many are ...

Lancaster House. Picture by Ben Dance / FCDO The UK government has set up a Soft Power Council in a bid to boost Britain globally and drive economic growth. Tristram Hunt, the director of the ...

Fruit flies are tiny quick-reproducing flies that sneak into your house through minuscule window cracks. They tend to multiply so fast because they can grow from egg to adult in just over a week.

Watch as Dr Erica McAlister, a Diptera expert at the Museum, explains just how important flies can be as pollinators - especially for those partial to a bar of chocolate. A bite from a female fly in ...