A widely-used agricultural chemical sprayed on fruits and vegetables to prevent fungal disease is also killing beneficial ...

What Are Fruit Flies? The scientific name for the fruit fly is Drosophila melanogaster.The word “drosophila” means lover of dew. The species needs access to plenty of water in order to survive.

If you’ve noticed tiny flies buzzing around your kitchen lately, you’re not alone. Fruit flies, also called Drosophila melanogaster, are very common at this time of year. These little insects are ...

Most textbooks credit nearby epithelial cells with the heavy lifting of organ building, because epithelial sheets act like ...

You have likely not spent much time thinking about the uterus of the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster. But then, neither have most scientists, even though Drosophila is one of the most ...

They found that fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) voluntarily and repeatedly visited a carousel. Plants & Animals Feb 13, 2025 0. 22. Fruit flies' courtship song may hold key to ...

African researchers are using Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies to advance studies of genetics, biomedicine, developmental biology, toxicology and more.

A fruit fly of the species Drosophila melanogaster, the same one involved in a recent study that used gene editing to induce fruit flies to reproduce via parthenogenesis — or virgin birth.

The researchers also found that only 1-2% of this second generation of fruit flies had the capability for parthenogenesis, and usually only if there were no males around. Though they have been able to ...

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 ...

In a groundbreaking achievement, Princeton University scientists have fully mapped the brain of an adult fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, unlocking new insights into how brains work.The feat ...