It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into ...

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 ...

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Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena have now discovered that the fruit fly Drosophila busckii has developed a tolerance to the toxic sulfur compound ...

The US Army is partnering with aerospace company Skyryse on tech solutions that could be used to make its workhorse Black Hawk helicopters easier to fly, with or without a pilot. It's part of an ...

Jan. 17 (UPI) --The Department of Agriculture said Friday it has tapped $129 million in emergency funding to battle a worsening incursion of exotic, invasive fruit flies from Mexico and Guatemala.

To date, no additional Oriental fruit flies have been found in surveillance traps, something Inglis says is encouraging. “We’ll continue to regularly check fruit fly traps, and specialist staff in our ...

“To date, no other Oriental fruit flies have been found in surveillance traps, which is very encouraging. “We’ll continue to regularly check fruit fly traps, and specialist staff in our ...

During the last century, biologists have extensively studied Drosophila melanogaster, the common household fruit fly. It's become one of the most popular model organisms, but not because ...