Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hand pressing duct tape on cardboard - Devonyu/Getty Images Unfortunately, fruit flies can often go undetected until they're a ...

Until recently, fruit flies in a 38 000 ha area of southern Peru caused annual production losses of US $12 million. Now, through the integrated application of a technique that uses ionizing radiation ...

A way to curb nagging insects has been flying under our radar—an enzyme from fruit fly testes. The compound could control bugs that carry disease and harm crops by stunting their ability to procreate, ...

The biological control of fruit fly parasitoids represents a pivotal approach in integrated pest management, targeting the regulation of economically significant fruit fly populations through the ...

A study on the flies titled "Subsecond multichannel magnetic control of select neural circuits in freely moving flies" has been published in the journal Nature Materials. Researchers from Rice ...

Fruit flies are never a welcome addition to the kitchen. Though they're most prominent during the hottest months, their irritating presence often persists well into the late summer and early autumn, ...