Smart toilets can clean users, play music, and heat up, and they're getting more popular. And phorid flies are invading ...

Kennett, Avondale, New Garden and Kennett Square — have declared emergency resolutions to combat the phorid fly crisis ...

When Brendan Nerney wakes up, it's not the sound of his alarm clock he dreads, but the dull buzzes from bug zappers strung ...

Invasive phorid flies have reached an all-time high in Chester County’s mushroom central, with residents of Kennett Square, ...

KENNETT SQUARE — Southern Chester County is abuzz with hopeful solutions to tackle the rising impact of the phorid fly, an invasive pest responsible for destroying as much as 40% of the region’s ...

The phorid fly population exploded in Chester County in 2024, filling houses with swarms of insects — and leaving homeowners ...

People in Chester County, Pa., are being besieged by invasive flies.

But Nerney and his wife’s home is now one of the latest in the area to be invaded by thousands of phorid flies, which thrive in the soil of the mushroom farms near his property. The invasion is part ...

Researchers in Hong Kong have discovered that a rare butterfly has flown 3,000km (1,864 miles) from Japan, setting a new world record for the longest migration recorded for the species. The ...