Billie’s not keen on having a gecko in the house—even less so after we discover two in different rooms the next day—but ...

By jamming their rivals' love songs with high-frequency wing flicks, male fruit flies boost the chances that they'll win the female over. The results also suggest that mating decisions in flies ...

Male fruit flies don't just sing to their mates; they also use sound-cancelling wing-flicks to jockey with rivals. This new understanding of how male flies compete for female partners could shed ...

The state's primary industries department says it has been advocating to the Australian government to reduce the size of the current 15km suspension zone for Queensland fruit fly. Adelaide Hills ...

Fruit flies are about an eighth of an inch long, have red eyes (though some species have darker eyes) and are light brown with dark rings around their abdomen. They also have two wings (many ...

Inspired by the humble bee, robotics researchers at MIT have designed insect-sized aerial bots with a reimagined wing system that can fly for up to 1,000 seconds – 100 times more than any ...

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells, leading to signs of neurodegeneration, a new study has found. The paper published in PLOS ...

The single male Oriental fruit fly was discovered in a surveillance trap in a suburban backyard in Birkdale today. “This is the same species of fruit fly that we responded to in Papatoetoe ...

Who doesn’t love some fresh seasonal fruit? These flies sure do. It’s right in their name, after all. While they can find their way into your home at any time, summer and fall are prime times for ...

Fruit flies can be annoying, unwelcomed guests in your kitchen. Here's some tips on how to get get rid of them once they've already entered your home.

The biosecurity operation was launched yesterday after the discovery of an Oriental fruit fly in a suburban backyard in Birkdale. It comes more than a month after a fly sparked an early ...

To know Timothée Chalamet is to know that the man has perfected his curly hair routine. For years, the 29-year-old has walked onto red carpets and stared down a paparazzi lens, with ringlets so ...