The global birthrate has been in significant decline for decades. In the U.S., couples are deciding to have children later in ...

A team of bioengineers at Harvard University's Rowland Institute has found two new ways to control a tiny creature, ...

The life of a fruit fly consists of four phases ... In addition, there are numerous tests with which scientists can observe the insects' fitness and behaviour. One example is the so-called climbing ...

Researchers have found a new role for the transcription factor (proteins that regulate the transcription, or copying, of genes). In the fruit fly, this transcription factor, named Traffic Jam, ...