Flies become more active and reproduce more quickly during heat waves, making homes and businesses more vulnerable to infestations, but proactive steps can be taken to reduce the risk.

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.

Fruit flies seek warmth indoors when summer starts to fade. Rob Sproule, co-owner of Salisbury Greenhouse in Sherwood Park and St. Albert, said he, too, has seen an increased number of fruit flies ...

Scientists have found 50 million reasons to study the brain of a fruit fly. That's how many connections they discovered in the first complete map— known as a connectome—of an adult insect's brain.

A fruit fly’s brain is smaller than a poppy seed, but it packs tremendous complexity into that tiny space. Over 140,000 neurons are joined together by more than 490 feet of wiring, as long as ...

The first full map of fruit fly’s brain charted 139,255 nerve cells and their millions of connections. Tyler Sloan for FlyWire, Princeton University, (Dorkenwald et al/Nature, 2024) By Laura Sanders ...

Scientists imaged 7,000 'salami-sliced' sections of fruit fly brain This is a 3D rendering of all 140,000 neurons in a fruit fly brain, mapped for the first time.