When a fruit fly is navigating straight forward at high speed, why does it know that it's not straying off course? Because as ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture, or CDFA, is ramping up its efforts to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit ...

California is dumping millions of Mediterranean fruit flies over the Bay Area as part of an ongoing eradication effort.

For decades the Medfly has posed a threat to farmers, and politicians, but one expert thinks it may be here to stay.

Morning flights are often more reliable than evening ones. Fly home on the Tuesday or Wednesday after: A lot of people opt for traveling on Memorial Day itself. But relatively few people extend ...

"We worked with fruit fly models of the condition to assess whether these altered genes drove neuronal dysfunction leading to motor impairments. Importantly, we also investigated whether reversing ...

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When a fruit fly buzzes across your kitchen, you probably don’t see a sophisticated robot. But to researchers at Harvard University’s Rowland Institute, this tiny insect represents the future ...

That’s the waking nightmare one species of Australian fruit fly must contend with each night as hungry mites stalk and attach themselves like a tick while the fly is sleeping in the fruit orchards and ...

The common fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster), which seem to appear out of nowhere around ripe fruit, is often considered a nuisance. But the tiny insect is actually a favourite among scientists.

Some fruit flies sacrifice sleep to avoid parasites like mites. Researchers discovered marked differences in gene expression related to metabolism in the hypervigilant flies. If you think ...