The brain's ability to track orientation and position is essential for memory, navigation, and decision-making. Traditionally ...

During the last century, biologists have extensively studied Drosophila melanogaster, the common household fruit fly. It's ...

The Horticulture Industry is concerned about the discovery of a single oriental fruit fly - but is confident MPI will eradicate any further incursion.

According to the Xinhua News Agency, the fruit fly is one of the model species frequently used in genetic experiments. It is small, measuring only 3 to 4 millimeter in length, and has a short life ...

Fruit flies do not require much space and make few demands on their environment: a small plastic or glass vessel and the right nutrition suffice. If the correct temperature and humidity levels are ...

Some of the properties which make fruit flies such a popular research organism are inherent. They are small, easy to feed, have a very quick life cycle and can produce hundreds of offspring.

Fruit flies can produce up to 500 offspring within their week-long life cycle, meaning that once they've made their way into your home, a small problem can quickly become a major infestation.

Since fruit flies are such small insects, they are the target of a wide range of predators, so the ability to detect the motion of a possible predator is crucial to their survival. The width of the ...

Strawberry and small fruit crop entomologist Sriyanka Lahiri, PhD, an assistant professor at the University of Florida, told Health that the tiny whitish worms are the maggots of a fly ...

A major biosecurity operation is under way in South Auckland after an Oriental fruit fly was found in a backyard, with restrictions on the movement of fruit and vegetables to come into force.