They might be small, but according to research by Bruno van Swinderen, a professor at the University of Queensland, fruit flies have selective attention. This means they choose which visual stimuli to ...

Fruit flies, the uninvited guests who crash your kitchen like it's happy hour at a banana peel. These tiny pests are drawn to ripe, rotting or fermenting fruits and veggies, but they can also appear ...

As much as you may enjoy snacking on some delicious fruit while taking in the outside air during the summer in South Carolina, this may also attract some unwanted visitors. Among them are fruit flies.

Fruit flies are some of the worst household pests that exist, made worse by the fact that they are seemingly impossible to get rid of. The flies are attracted to fruit, other foods, and garbage, and ...

The most important step in preventing fruit flies is careful food storage and good housekeeping, advises Daniel Steward. This ...

The biosecurity response to the find of a single male Queensland fruit fly in Auckland’s Mt Roskill continues with extra ...

Have you ever unpeeled a banana and found tiny flies crawling around it, or had other produce swarmed by insects? You might be experiencing an influx of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), which ...

As the climate changes, scientists are concerned about how well plants and animals will adapt to rapid warming. A new ...

UW researchers found potential new treatments for a rare pediatric brain cancer each year that has a median survival time of ...

A major biosecurity operation is underway in a central Auckland suburb after the discovery of a Queensland fruit fly, with ...