We chose apple cider vinegar as the bait, but use whatever you have on hand. Luckily, flies are attracted to anything sweet — ...

Flies and tiny gnats can also be a nuisance outdoors — hovering over plants and landing on food during a barbecue. Get rid of ...

Good Housekeeping has hailed the simplest and natural way to banish fruit flies "once and for all" involves using apple cider vinegar attributable to its fermented fruit aroma, to which fruit ...

The common name that entomologists give fruit flies is "vinegar flies." That's because they're naturally attracted to fermented liquid, and when fruit rots, it also ferments. But fruit flies don ...

This growing awareness has propelled remedies like apple cider vinegar and probiotic supplements from health food store shelves to mainstream medicine cabinets across America. The pursuit of ...

A team of researchers have created a new resource for studying motor control of wing movements in fruit flies. The study, published recently as a Reviewed Preprint in eLife, is described by the ...

Researchers have uncovered a "selfish" X chromosome in the fruit fly Drosophila testacea that manages to distort inheritance in both sperm and eggs. "But until now, we've only ever seen a ...

Her latest research aims to understand the complexities of fruit fly attraction to commercial lures, focusing intricately on the interaction of biological factors like age, sex, and diet with envi ...

Environmental officials in California’s San Francisco Bay and East Bay areas are releasing millions of sterile fruit flies to reduce the number of pests leading to produce decay. The fruit flies ...

We spoke with registered dietitians to learn more about apple cider vinegar's pros and cons. Here's what you should know before drinking ACV. Mandy Sleight Contributor Mandy Sleight is a freelance ...

What your ancestors ate — or didn’t eat — could shape how your body responds to infections, both in youth and old age, according to new research on fruit flies 1. In a study conducted by ...

Chicken thighs braise in a tangy cider vinegar sauce in this cozy weeknight dinner. This one-dish dinner features juicy chicken thighs braised in a punchy yet balanced cider vinegar– and mustard ...