If your kitchen has been invaded by a swarm of fruit flies in recent weeks, you're not alone. They can typically be found ...

As the weather warms up, fruit flies are starting to become a nuisance in our kitchens. But one simple repellent will keep ...

Researchers at EPFL's Neuroengineering Laboratory, led by Pavan Ramdya, aim to replicate the workings of the brain of the ...

The flies will similarly swarm wine, beer, soda and other sugary liquids if you leave cups of them around the house. Fruit flies are able to subsist off very small amounts of food or drink -- the ...

Even if there are only a few fruit flies, it can feel like they are everywhere. It may be in part because of how quickly they move, but also because of how quickly they multiply. Fruit flies are those ...

Tephritid fruit flies cause major losses in fruit and vegetables, and are often the target of intensive insecticide applications to protect commercial production. In addition, few pests have a greater ...

At one point or another, pretty much everyone will need to deal with fruit flies. My own turn came when I left a peach ripening a little too long in the fruit bowl, only to walk into the kitchen ...

Outwardly, fruit flies and humans have little in common. It is all the more astonishing that roughly 60 percent of the fly's genes can also be found in humans in a similar form. Many insights gained ...

Only three molecular changes are needed for fruit flies to digest milkweed toxins Gene-edited fruit flies have gained some of monarch butterflies’ superpowers — specifically, the ability to ...