Fruit fly mutants that have severe sleep deficits perform better at olfactory learning and memory tasks, according to a study published in the open-access journal PLOS Biology by Sheng Huang and ...

You never see fruit flies in grocery stores. You don’t see them in the grocery bags on the way home. But as soon as your room ...

The rate of development of poikilothermic animals, such as insects, fish, and reptiles, is determined by environmental temperature. A research team has recently demonstrated how temperature can affect ...

Researchers, led in part by University of Nevada, Reno’s Meet Zandawala, identify specific clock neurons that govern daily bodily rhythms, including sleep and metabolic disorders ...

A recent study has offered a “breakthrough” in the fight against fruit flies, formidable pests considered among the biggest threats to fruits and vegetables. Researchers have, for the first time, ...

A s temperatures rise, so does the possibility of fruit flies invading your home, primarily in your kitchen. Fruit flies can ...

Investigating how the production of insulin is regulated in fruit flies reveals surprising insights that may help to better understand how this process unfolds in humans.

It is vital to our success in keeping fruit fly from establishing in New Zealand," Mr Inglis says. "To date, no other Oriental fruit flies have been found in surveillance traps since the original ...

Warmer weather will be here before you know it. This year, if you want to avoid fruit flies or any annoying pests in your kitchen at all costs, follow these tips. Preventing the problem before it ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) Tiny changes in the timing of expression of the gene orthodenticle (otd) can significantly affect eye size in fruit flies. In Drosophila mauritiana, earlier ...

An Adelaide Hills berry farm will look to the next season as they cut their losses, including all casual workers and $750,000 in income, because of ‘devastating’ fruit fly quarantine rules.

A popular South Australian berry farm caught within a fruit fly quarantine zone has made the “hard decision” to close down permanently, resulting in the loss of scores of jobs. Adelaide Hills ...