How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes.In a new study, University of Iowa ...

Researchers at the University of Iowa have found the gene that orchestrates the fine tuning of antennae in fruit flies so ...

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.

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 ...

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 ...

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.