A study on fruit flies completed by researchers with Macquarie University suggests that genetic modification of male mosquitoes could help minimise the spread of illnesses linked with the insects.

University of Iowa researchers have found and confirmed a gene that allows female fruit flies to get on the same frequency as courting males. Mosquitoes have the same gene and a similar courtship ...

Researchers believe that female fruit flies can zone in on enemies with laser-focus vision. The study made at Janelia Research Campus in Ashburn, Virginia, found the bugs prioritise their foe by ...

Video showing female fruit flies where the aIPg neuronal cell type is activated, promoting aggressive behavior. The researchers used computer vision-based methods to track the flies in the video ...

The study found that tumors in female fruit flies grew 2.5 times larger than tumors in male fruit flies over the same time period. Fruit flies are an often used biological research model due to ...

Case Western Reserve researchers have pinpointed a gene and brain circuitry responsible for the fruit-fly version of speed dating. In a study featured in PLOS Biology, a team led by Rui Sutton De ...

You know how you never see just one fruit fly? That's because they have incredibly fast life cycles. A single female fruit fly can lay up to 100 eggs a day, which hatch in less than 24 hours.

The oriental fruit fly looks like a house fly with a bright yellow body. The female lays eggs inside the fruit, which hatch into maggots. Image courtesy County of Santa Clara Division of Agriculture.