Researchers have gained comprehensive insights into the entire nervous system of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). The study describes in detail the neurons that span the entire nervous system ...

Who could have imagined the ’70s hit “Get Down Tonight,” by KC and the Sunshine Band, would so aptly apply to the tiny, social world of fruit fly courtship ... signal at close range. Without a ...

Agriculture officials identified the larvae as a caper fruit fly, according to the release ... more detrimental impact outside of their native range where natural controls do not exist.” ...

This image shows the complete fruit fly connectome: all 139,255 brain cells in the brain of an adult fruit fly. Activity within these neurons drives an entire organism, from sensory perception to ...

which means we often have to deal with fruit flies. These gross pests quietly lay their eggs near or on the surface of organic materials (like bananas!). Because I can't ban fruit in my house ...

The collection of genes represented govern segmentation in the body of a fruit fly. You may take for granted the fact that your body isn't the same from head to toe. Have you stopped and wondered why?

Scientists have long turned to simpler organisms to help answer these questions, with the humble fruit fly emerging as an ... as this data needs to capture a wide range of behavioral patterns ...

To many, they’re just nuisances, but houseflies, fruit flies and ... can sustain long-distance flight. Likely migrants migrate along “flyways” across the globe, even flying to Antarctica. Along the ...

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 used ...

For the first time, researchers at Leipzig University and other institutions have gained comprehensive insights into the entire nervous system of the fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster).