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 ...

Hidden in the bark of an old tree, this wildlife camera captured a fascinating moment in the world of miniature predators.

The saffron robber fly (Laphria saffrana) is an extremely fast bee-colored hunter that has to determine, while perched, which insects it wants to chase and eat. This is complicated by the fact that ...

Deep in the wild, a hidden macro camera captured an incredible close-up moment rarely seen by human eyes. Perched quietly on a rough stone, this hairy robber fly reveals its role as one of nature’s ...

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 ...