For the first time, researchers at Leipzig University and other institutions have gained comprehensive insights into the ...

My kids are very picky eaters, but one fail-safe food they'll always enjoy is fresh fruit. Because I can't ban fruit in my ...

Bugs have a place, but not in our homes! These simple solutions will help you get rid of those annoying gnats and fruit flies taking up residence.

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

A diver on an expedition off the coast of Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, captured stunning footage showing the moment another swam ...

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

Fruit flies are attracted to ripe, rotting, or fermenting produce and can breed in moist areas like drains. Homemade traps using apple cider vinegar, overripe fruit, wine, or beer can effectively ...

Fruit flies maintain straight flight by using a neural circuit that subtracts symmetric optic flow, allowing detection of small binocular asymmetries indicating course deviations.

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 ...

Or mostly robotic, at least—the fruit flies the researchers used would occasionally go their own way, despite strong inducements to stay with the program. The first bit of behavior involved ...