On a soft piece of fermenting orange, a male fruit fly takes a sip of methanol-rich juice. Moments later, his body pulses ...

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Scientists found that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields, adding them to a list with sharks, bees, and even the ...

Alcohol enhances the production of sex pheromones, which are chemical signals used by fruit flies to attract mates.

Fruit flies—they're just like us. Meaning, booze seems to boost sexytime for the pesky insect that hovers around fermented ...

Neat rows of healthy trees had been transformed into dry brambles covered in rotting fruit and dead vines snaking wildly over weed-covered grass. The farmer was ready to “give up and shut the ...

Because alcohol is toxic, the flies must carefully weigh the risks and benefits of drinking alcohol. The fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster is also ... It is attracted to the odor of pre-rotting fruit, ...

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 ...

The effect is caused by the fact that alcohol, especially methanol, increases the production of sex pheromones.

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