Researchers have found a new role for the transcription factor (proteins that regulate the transcription, or copying, of genes). In the fruit fly, this transcription factor, named Traffic Jam, ...

Not flies, but “heavy white fuzzy mold-like growth” got a crate of strawberries in the walk-in cooler hit with a Stop Sale. Also getting smacked with a Stop Sale from the walk-in cooler was cooked ...

Gardening columnist Jeff Lowenfels says flies mean worms are likely in the ground, which is great for soil composition.

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 ...

Fruit flies are already famous in science. They’ve helped researchers make discoveries in genetics, aging, and brain function. Now, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have found that fruit fly larvae have ...

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

Chinese astronauts aboard the Tiangong space station tested an "intelligent flight robot," checked on a fruit fly experiment ...

Scientists say these are all markers of animal consciousness, a sign that animals, from Labrador retrievers to cuttlefish to ...

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.

But a team of researchers at Harvard has recognized that there are some behaviors that are so instinctual that it's possible ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... It was almost a year ago that the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal ...