Fruit flies that take their sweet time growing up tend to live longer, a new study led by an Iowa State University research ...

A little leg may reveal something big about how closely related insect species can drastically differ in body shape, ...

Scientists have found 50 million reasons to study the brain of a fruit fly. That's how many connections they discovered in the first complete map— known as a connectome—of an adult insect's brain.

Fruit fries don't appear out of nowhere. Here's how to get rid of them : Life Kit Seeing a swarm of pesky fruit flies in the kitchen is frustrating. We talk with a fruit fly researcher about how ...

To get an insider's take on fruit fly prevention, we tapped entomologist Jody Green from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Green revealed the leading causes of fruit fly infestations and, most ...

Over 10,000 people have given these fruit fly traps a five-star rating at Amazon. One shopper confirmed these work quickly, reporting, “I had a serious fruit fly problem in my kitchen, and after ...

What happened. A consortium of scientists published the first complete map of a fruit fly's brain Wednesday in the journal Nature.Identifying and charting the 130,000 neurons and 50 million ...

Wondering if this fruit fly research has gone too far. I saw 20 of them this morning, he remarks, none too pleased. Yes, but that aggravation today turns to wonder tomorrow, you’ll see!

After confirming that cocaine activates a fruit fly’s bitter-sensing taste receptors, Rothenfluh and Philyaw switched off those nerves. Once deactivated, there was little to stop the flies from ...

They lay eggs on moist surfaces and before you know it, you’ve got a whole fruit fly frat house buzzing around. To evict them, toss overly ripe produce, clean surfaces and remove the trash.

Why fruit flies are smarter than you think. Fruit flies, it turns out, aren’t just aimlessly flitting around. Scientists found they employ intentional movements to locate the source of a ...