Warmer weather means pesky fruit flies will be on the rise. Avoid an infestation with prevention hacks from an entomologist.

California is dumping millions of Mediterranean fruit flies over the Bay Area as part of an ongoing eradication effort.

Fruit flies are attracted to ripe, rotting, or fermenting produce and can breed in moist areas like drains. Homemade traps using apple cider vinegar, overripe fruit, wine, or beer can effectively ...

Another way to figure out whether you’re dealing with fruit flies or drain flies is to note where they lay their eggs and what they eat. “Fruit flies are attracted to overripe fruits ...

Chimps' enjoyment of and willingness to share alcohol-infused fruit hints at possible ancient roots of social drinking.

It may sound trivial, but the parasite Gamasodes queenslandicus poses a potentially deadly threat to fruit flies, UC professor and study co-author Michal Polak said. "If they have too many mites ...

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 ...

In the experiment, the fruit flies were genetically modified to have ... This decreased effect fueled the desire to continue eating. If the food intake was sufficient or there was enough energy ...

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 ...