fruit fly

Brains are really complicated, even for the smallest of critters. If you're a scientist who studies brains, then you…

This is unbelievable, but the fruit fly G tridens has somehow evolved to have what looks like pictures of ants on…

You thought they were stupid, but it turns out that flies take decision on their own terms. They have free will,…

Scientists have always known that fruit fly larvae feast on rotting fruits and vegetable matter. But young maggots…

Reaffirming that age-old maxim that alcohol is the cause of and solution to all of life's problems, fruit flies have…

The little black spots found on the fruit flies below may not seem like much — and really, they don't make any…

There seems to be one surefire way to increase longevity in animals. It's caloric restriction, which means placing…

Humans aren't the only animals that have to guard against potential infection during sex. Fruit flies are at greatly…

Females of certain fruit fly species mate with multiple males, which gives the males motivation to mate for as long…

For over a century, our sense of smell has been explained with the "lock and key" hypothesis, which holds that each…