Even when previously introduced to cocaine, Rothenfluh’s team noted that the insects routinely opted for pure sugar water ...

For the first time, researchers have created genetically modified fruit flies that can become addicted to cocaine. The new ...

Cocaine-addicted fruit flies might sound crazy, but researchers say they could help us understanding cocaine addiction in ...

In a new JNeurosci paper, Adrian Rothenfluh and colleagues from the University of Utah developed a fruit fly model of cocaine ...

Genetically modified fruit flies addicted to cocaine may speed up addiction research and help uncover new treatment targets.

You’ve seen them buzzing around bananas—but under an electron microscope, fruit flies become alien, armored, and ...

A team of researchers have created a new resource for studying motor control of wing movements in fruit flies. The study, published recently as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, is described by the ...

Fruit flies and insects can be a common nuisance during the warmer months. They are typically attracted to sweet smells, as well as overripe, fermented fruits and vegetables, especially bananas ...

USDA will invest in the renovation of an existing fruit fly production facility in Metapa, Mexico, to further the long-term ...

There's nothing quite as frustrating as walking into your kitchen on a warm summer's day to find it overrun with fruit flies. Despite the common misconception that having insects in the home is a ...

Researchers have uncovered a "selfish" X chromosome in the fruit fly Drosophila testacea that manages to distort inheritance in both sperm and eggs. "But until now, we've only ever seen a ...