Male fruit flies don't just sing to their mates; they also use sound-cancelling wing-flicks to jockey with rivals. This new understanding of how male flies compete for female partners could shed light ...

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has found.

Throw away garbage and take out recycling frequently. Clean out the bottom of bins when liquid accumulates, wipe down ...

Julianna Wilson had tales to tell about the spotted wing drosophila, the invasive fruit fly that’s become a major pest of North American berries and cherries, when she spoke at the 2024 Great Lakes ...

Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture ...

Two problems commonly associated with apple trees plague growers: apple scab and apple maggots. It is too late for remedial action at this time of year but what you do now can affect next ...

Uncover the common mistakes people make when trying to eliminate fruit flies from their homes. Learn effective strategies to ...

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

As of this writing, Aaron confirmed that Nepenthes can effectively trap all the major web crawlers. So far, only OpenAI's crawler has managed to escape. It's unclear how much damage tarpits or ...

Planes that fly faster than the speed of sound create thunderous supersonic booms. But with NASA's X-59 plane, that could change. The space agency plans for the aircraft's first flight in 2025 ...

For the many wondrous things humans can do, we can't fly on our own. But if we could, how big would our wings be? Of course, the answer depends on the person's size. But someone who's about 155 ...

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) is using emergency funding to respond to the threats associated with growing outbreaks of exotic fruit flies. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture ...