A team of bioengineers at Harvard University's Rowland Institute has found two new ways to control a tiny creature, ...

On a soft piece of fermenting orange, a male fruit fly takes a sip of methanol-rich juice. Moments later, his body pulses ...

The global birthrate has been in significant decline for decades. In the U.S., couples are deciding to have children later in ...

Alcohol enhances the production of sex pheromones, which are chemical signals used by fruit flies to attract mates.

But a team of researchers at Harvard has recognized that there are some behaviors that are so instinctual that it's possible to induce animals to act as if they were robotic. Or mostly robotic, at ...

Scientists found that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields, adding them to a list with sharks, bees, and even the platypus. Since they are common in research, this opens new avenues of study.

Warmer weather means fruit flies will be at their worst. Here's how to keep them out of your home before the summer begins.

Fruit flies are at their worst when the weather warms. We asked a certified bug expert about the best ways to keep them out of your home and away from food. Arielle Burton is an associate content ...

Fruit flies—they're just like us. Meaning, booze seems to boost sexytime for the pesky insect that hovers around fermented ...

As warmer weather approaches, house flies and mosquitoes become an all-too ... then press whole cloves into the flesh of the fruit. The more cloves you add, the stronger the scent will be, making ...

Florida State men's basketball coach Luke Loucks has hired Michael Fly as his first assistant coach. Florida State men's basketball head coach Luke Loucks has hired his first assistant.

Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL) researchers are unraveling the secrets of the fruit fly brain to advance robotics. A team from the institution’s Neuroengineering Laboratory have ...