Scientists have for the first time demonstrated play-like behavior in flies. They found that fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) voluntarily and repeatedly visited a carousel.

The functioning of the brain relies on the precise organization of neuronal connections. In an article published in ...

In a recent study, scientists at Leipzig University have for the first time demonstrated play-like behavior in flies. They found that fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) voluntarily and repeatedly ...

In a recent study, scientists at Leipzig University have for the first time demonstrated play-like behaviour in flies. They found that fruit flies ...

For fruit flies, finding the right mate is all about the right song. Now, research shows that male flies don't just try to ...

The answer lies in how infected individuals invest into controlling pathogen proliferation and mitigating damage, two strategies respectively called resistance and disease tolerance. Pathogen ...

A Colgan High School senior was named one of the top 40 finalists in the 2025 Regeneron Science Talent Search, a prestigious ...

Bengaluru City University (BCU) organised a two-day workshop from Friday (January 17, 2025) at the Jnana Jyothi Auditorium, Central College campus, focusing on “Drosophila melanogaster as a ...

The play-like behaviour of the flies described by the researchers, involving voluntary passive movements such as swinging, bobbing, sliding or turning, has now been demonstrated in insects for the ...

The fruit flies will be used to assess how space travel affects living organisms and what kind of biological changes and stresses they go through during the flight.

Cheers: To Drosophila melanogaster. It seems unlikely that we would cheer fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster is the scientific name), but some interesting work is being done with the pests at Washin ...