Female fruit flies lay eggs on the surfaces of fermenting fruits and vegetables. Fruit fly larvae feed on the yeast and fungi that grow in decaying fruit matter until they’re fully grown and ...

A new species of wasp has been discovered that lays its eggs inside adult fruit flies. The wasp larva grows inside the fly ...

have a kind of stretch sensor in the esophagus (grey structure in the middle). It reports swallowing processes to the brain. If food is ingested, special neurons of the enteric nervous system (red ...

When Amos Abolaji returned to Nigeria from a year abroad, he brought home a strange souvenir — two jars full of fruit flies. The biochemist had been conducting postdoctoral research at the ...

Mathew and his lab study the larvae of Drosophila melanogaster, commonly known as the fruit fly. The fruit fly is a useful and well-studied research model with a simple nervous system, which allows ...

Innate immunity has come to the forefront in immunology, aided by the discovery of antifungal defense in drosophila. Here Jules Hoffmann recounts his team's pioneering work on insect immunity.

Fruit flies are some of the most annoying pests to get rid of, especially once they've locked on to a food source in your home. And unfortunately, your living space is probably full of tasty ...

Growing fruit in northwestern Michigan is getting harder, with pests and whipsaw weather ruining crops and killing orchards.

Fruit flies — along with researchers at the Clemson University Center for Human Genetics — could be the key to identifying potential therapeutics for Sanfilippo syndrome, a rare and fatal ...