A technique to control populations of the Australian sheep blowfly – a major livestock pest in Australia and New Zealand – has been developed by making female flies dependent upon a common antibiotic ...

Australian sheep blowfly--Courtesy of Quentin J. Lang, University of Melbourne Lucilia cuprina is an insect with a beautiful name and striking green-and-red body, but looks are deceiving: The creature ...

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. Massive lizards could be used to guard sheep from being munched on by blowflies. These huge reptiles, known as heath ...

Researchers have decoded the Australian sheep blowfly genome, adding ammunition to the battle against one of the nation's most insidious pests. This blowfly is responsible for about $280 million in ...

Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a technique to control populations of the Australian sheep blowfly – a major livestock pest in Australia and New Zealand – by making ...