Fruit flies' rate of production is a key factor in what makes them so annoying to homeowners. “Fruit fly females lay eggs in fermenting organic matter (and the) development time is speedy ...

KidsPost Fleas have been mysterious insects. But scientists just found their living ‘sisters.’ For two centuries, researchers thought the tiny bloodsuckers were related to beetles or flies.

In a historic first, scientists have used gene editing to induce virgin birth in fruit flies, a major step in unlocking the mysteries of the intriguing phenomenon known as parthenogenesis.