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

Warmer weather means pesky fruit flies will be on the rise. Avoid an infestation with prevention hacks from an entomologist.

You gotta love the fruit fly. Sure, they start out as revolting maggots, devour ripening fruit and infest the garbage pail. But they’re also invaluable scientific model organisms. The bristly bugs ...

Although fruit flies seem like simple creatures ... They scientists went on to apply deep learning to automatically reconstruct the anatomy of the neurons and their connections throughout the ...

A fruit fly is a tiny flying insect that’s fond of overripe or rotting fruits and vegetables. Here is how you can get rid of them.

In their study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, the group used a fruit fly's natural response to moving stimuli and odorants to effectively direct its movements.

Only three molecular changes are needed for fruit flies to digest milkweed toxins Gene-edited fruit flies have gained some of monarch butterflies’ superpowers — specifically, the ability to ...