One in ten people will have at least one seizure in their life, but effective treatments for seizures remain very limited, in ...

Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) are tremendously fond of fermented foodstuffs. Technically, it's the yeast they crave, produced by yummy rotting fruit, but they can consume quite a lot of ...

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

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

One in 10 people will have at least one seizure in their life, but effective treatments for seizures remain very limited, in ...

Wondering how to get rid of fruit flies? Amazon shoppers say this under-$4 fruit fly trap ensures pests are ‘gone in a couple ...

Fruit flies are back in full force, and if you've noticed them circling your compost bin or hovering around your fruit bowl, you're not imagining things. These tiny pests thrive in the warmth of ...

The Harvard team has harnessed behaviours that are so reliable they make animals act as robots while still maintaining their ...

A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has investigated why the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster drinks alcohol and has shown that alcohol has a direct and ...

That's the waking nightmare one species of Australian fruit fly must contend with each night as hungry mites stalk and attach themselves like a tick while the fly is sleeping in the fruit orchards ...

A study published in The American Journal of Human Genetics by researchers at Baylor College of Medicine and the Jan and Dan ...

Some fruit flies sacrifice sleep to avoid parasites like mites. Researchers discovered marked differences in gene expression related to metabolism in the hypervigilant flies. If you think ...