This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. A new AP-NORC poll finds deep divides over the American flag, with only about 3 in 10 Black adults displaying it, ...

The Maryland Department of Agriculture will treat a section of the Potomac River for black fly control. The treatment is set to take place June 24 between 8 a.m. and 10 a.m. near Harpers Ferry, ...

A black fly feeds on skin in a close-up photo provided by James F. Dill, pest management specialist and director of the Diagnostics and Research Lab at University of Maine Cooperative Extension.

Mosquitoes may be considered Michigan's unofficial state "bird," but black flies can be even more annoying in early summer across the Upper Peninsula. Black flies are small, humpbacked insects that ...

The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) was designed to give us the ability to look at one of the earliest periods in the evolution of the Universe, a time when some of the earliest stars were putting ...

An adult black fly feeding on a human. Credit: Courtesy Griffin Dill Letters submitted by BDN readers are verified by BDN Opinion Page staff. Send your letters to letters@bangordailynews.com My ...

The BDN outdoors section brings readers into the woods, waters and wild places of Maine. It features stories on hunting, fishing, wildlife, conservation and recreation, told by people who live these ...

Chef Brad Leone learns the precise and artistic craft of fly tying from experienced fishing experts. ‘Genuine pulling power’: The supermarket staple that could be bad news for your grocery budget ...

Pennsylvania's Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) runs a suppression program to control black fly populations. Black flies, also known as biting gnats, returned to the state's waterways ...