In a new study published in the journal PLOS Biology, researchers found that when it comes to food preferences, texture can be just as important as taste in fruit fly maggots. The lead author and ...

In a new study published in the journal PLOS Biology, researchers found that when it comes to food preferences, texture can be just as important as taste in fruit fly maggots. The lead author and ...

“Then one day I started looking down and there were maggots in the fruit,” he said. On that day, about six years ago, Sulejman learnt Queensland fruit fly had infested his plum block, wiping ...

In line with the protocols, a 15-kilometre radius "suspension zone" was enacted in January following the discovery of Queensland fruit fly maggots in homegrown peaches at Glynde, north-east of the ...

It is a significant threat, with maggots capable of feeding on more than 300 different fruit and vegetable crops. Horticulture New Zealand chief executive Kate Scott said the small fly could cause ...

Morgan's experiments are not only fundamental to our knowledge of heredity; they have also made an animal respectable for science, which previously only a few specialists had worked with: the fruit, ...

Further trouble looms for farmers around Adelaide’s northeast, as more fruit flies have been detected in the Glynde outbreak ...

J. Leiderman, who does our theme music - associate the texture of food with taste, and that includes fruit fly maggots. Science reporter Ari Daniel explains. ARI DANIEL: The persimmon was Nikita ...

Adelaide Hills strawberry growers are calling for changes to national fruit fly protocols after a suburban outbreak ruined this year's harvest. In line with the protocols, a 15 kilometre radius ...