In her spare time, she's in her kitchen, trying a new baking recipe. If you've noticed even one fruit fly lingering in your kitchen this winter, more are likely on the way. These resilient pests ...

How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes. In a new study, University of Iowa researchers found a gene that orchestrates the antenna movements of female ...

Fruit flies' courtship song may hold key to controlling mosquitoes Date: January 24, 2025 Source: University of Iowa Summary: Researchers have found and confirmed a gene that allows female fruit ...

Male fruit flies enhance their mating success by jamming rivals' courtship songs with high-frequency wing flicks, disrupting the female's ability to perceive the songs.

Scientists from Australia have successfully bioengineered genetically modified fruit flies and zebrafish capable of absorbing toxic mercury and releasing it back into the environment in a less ...

A recent University of Iowa study may have found a potentially crucial step in controlling the population of the world’s deadliest insect. The answer? Fruit flies. The study found that a specific gene ...

One of the world’s most destructive pests has been detected in an Adelaide eastern suburbs area and strict quarantine restrictions have been introduced. See the areas affected and what the ...

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is using emergency funding to respond to the threats associated with growing outbreaks of exotic fruit flies. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture ...

Whether it is pods of whales or collectives of tiny cells ... A theoretical model of the fruit fly's early embryonic development, nearly two decades in the making. With their detailed model ...

Australian scientists have discovered a means of genetically modifying animals -fruit flies and zebrafish, respectively – to neutralize methylmercury, a pollutant notorious for being extremely ...

BEIJING, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Can fruit flies reproduce in space? How do they behave in the space environment, without the Earth gravity or a geomagnetic field? Since the first batch of fruit flies ...