Mark Twain, when he traveled to California’s Mono Lake almost 150 years ago, became enchanted by aquatic flies. Mono Lake is peculiar - it’s three times saltier than the ocean and nearly as basic as ...

Could a diminutive fly be a key to conservation at the Great Salt Lake? Absolutely, suggests new research on brine flies — a key food source for foraging water birds at inland salt lakes including ...

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The Mono Lake flies, according to a study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, survive the toxic lake not on pride but thanks to two unusual adaptations. They're ...