Controls on the movement of fruit and vegetables in the Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe have been lifted after no further ...

Biosecurity New Zealand will continue its national fruit fly surveillance program, which operates a network of more than ...

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.

Scientists from Australia have successfully bioengineered genetically modified fruit flies and zebrafish capable of absorbing ...

A fungal infection has been shown to trigger a fruit fly's own immune system to destroy brain cells, leading to signs of ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that in 2022, around 608,000 people died from malaria, a ...

"We found no negative correlations (where high resistance to one virus came with low resistance to another). "This could ...

Research in fruit flies has identified ... Crucially, the researchers found, the effects of alcohol on sleep depended on dose -- and how one might expect. In both flies and humans, a small amount ...

Fluorescent microscope image of a fruit ... flies received a high dose of alcohol, they took longer to fall asleep and were more likely to wake during the night, even several days after the alcohol ...

Australian scientists have discovered a means of genetically modifying animals -fruit flies and zebrafish, respectively – to ...

No new flies have been spotted since a single oriental fruit fly was found in South Auckland earlier this month. The fly is a significant threat to the horticulture industry with maggots capable ...

The outbreak was declared after maggots were found in homegrown peaches by a ... the west to Hectorville and Tranmere in the east. Fruit fly restriction red zone. See the outbreak map at ...