Step 1: Add about an inch of apple cider vinegar to the bottom of a glass jar. Step 2: Heat the jar in the microwave for 45 ...

Where do fruit flies come from? Fruit flies come from outside of your home and are brought in through multiple ways. Most commonly, they fly into homes when a door or window is left open and even ...

Do you see the light? Fruit flies can be made to act like miniature robots Light and smells can turn flies into remote-controlled near-automatons.

Eliminate fruit flies fast with DIY fruit fly traps. We cover five trap setups (both homemade and store-bought) and lures with and without apple cider vinegar.

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 ...

The effects of seeing dead fruit flies on the physiology of fruit flies resemble changes seen in other species. For instance, social insects like ants and honeybees carry their dead away from the ...

Fruit flies are some of the worst household pests that exist, made worse by the fact that they are seemingly impossible to get rid of.

Cocaine-addicted fruit flies might sound crazy, but researchers say they could help us understanding cocaine addiction in humans.

Urban fruit flies, Drosophila melanogaster, live in a rich visual environment and can stabilize the background surrounding the objects around which they need to orient themselves.

Researchers discovered that desert and urban fruit flies employ distinct navigation strategies due to their environments. Desert flies fixate on objects for stability, while urban flies prioritize ...

Los Angeles is about to release millions of sterile fruit flies into one neighborhood. The goal is to eradicate a potentially dangerous population of Mediterranean fruit flies. In combination with ...