These insects are so much more than just the scourge of fruit bowls everywhere. They’re a key model system for all kinds of research that teaches us about our own brain and body systems.
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Sarah Palin hated them and they’ve helped win Nobel prizes, so what is it about fruit flies that we should value so much?
The next time you start loading up on food rich in antioxidants at the grocery store, know that you are not alone in the animal world. Other animals such as birds and fruit flies are health conscious too…
If you have a Facebook account, you are likely to have seen someone pour an ice bucket on themselves in the name of raising awareness for amyotropic lateral sclerosis (ALS). ALS is a disease that affects…
The exact point in time developing fruit fly pests become male or female has been identified. University of Western Sydney…
Animals have evolved to occupy almost all corners of the Earth. To survive, no matter the weather outside, they all need temperature-sensitive bodily reactions to work. This is easy for warm-blooded animals…
Fruit flies may weigh available evidence before making a decision. Researchers from University of Oxford conducted odour-choice…
Sex has been found to be a key factor in health and a long life for fruit flies, according to a new study by the University…
You might think you don’t have much in common with a fruit fly. But studying them could tell us more about human conditions such as traumatic brain injury (TBI) - from, for example, a motorbike accident…
Fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) adopt a mating strategy based on sibling relationships and the sexual familiarity of…
A neuropeptide that regulates sexual activity and reproduction in insects has been identified by a team of entomologists…
We’ve all heard of lab rats, but what are the other go-to animals for researchers, and why are they so popular? Our new series, Animals in Research, profiles the top creatures for science experimentation…
Many species of the fruit fly are unable to adapt to predicted increases in global temperatures and may face extinction…
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