Scientists scooped sand from a riverbed in Thailand and found two nymphs of rare mayfly species not seen in 22 years, a study said. Photo from Kwanboon and Boonsoong (2025) Knee-deep in a river of ...

Hidden beneath the sand in northern Thailand, scientists have made an exciting discovery. According to reports by the Miami Herald, a team of researchers "found two nymphs of the 'rare mayfly species' ...

Scientists have discovered a new species of mayfly in the southern Western Ghats, a mountain range along the west coast of India. The larvae have light-brown heads with light-yellow antennae, and they ...

A tiny mayfly that died 100 million years ago, but was preserved for perpetuity in amber, is helping to shed light on ancient ecosystems. About 100 million years ago, a tiny mayfly had a problem. Like ...

A Palingenia longicauda mayfly on the Tisza River in Europe. We're often told "life's too short" and we should "seize the day," but compared with the rest of Earth's inhabitants, humans have far more ...

Mayflies spend a year awaiting their birth, and then most die after living just one day. Their sole purpose is to pass on their genes, and most never even bother eating…and that’s been the status quo ...

What has been around for 355 million years but disappears within days of maturity? A group of European entomologists wants the answer to become a household name. They’ve named the Danish mayfly, a ...

The recent suffocating swarm of mayflies that emerged from the Susquehanna River is a sign that the river is getting healthier, scientists say. But the mayflies, who thrive in fresh, clean water, ...

Swarms that block out the lights in fast-food parking lots and slam into windshields in numbers sufficient to make drivers pull over are still a week or more away, but mayflies have started hatching ...