Male fruit flies that drink alcohol become more attractive to females, according to a new study. Adding alcohol to males' ...

Then again, apparently adding alcohol to their food increases the production of sex pheromones in male fruit flies, according ...

Fruit flies are at their worst when the weather warms. We asked a certified bug expert about the best ways to keep them out ...

Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) are especially attracted to the smell of fermenting fruit, often swarming our kitchens during warmer months. D. melanogaster is a commonly used model organism in ...

A team of researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology has investigated why the fruit fly Drosophila ...

A simple, freely available analysis tool and hardware for analyzing fruit flies allows opportunities for researchers in low-income settings or out in the field to screen for genes and nerve circuits ...

Fruit flies, or Drosophila melanogaster, are often found around our food waste bins as they feed on rotting fruit which gradually produces alcohol. Scientists have been trying to study why they ...

A simple, freely available analysis tool and hardware for analyzing fruit flies allows opportunities ... The work will be of interest to Drosophila neurobiologists and particularly to those ...