Researchers from Collège Boréal in Sudbury are attempting to combat the spotted wing drosophila, an invasive fruit fly, over ...

By Astrid Arellano In the early 2000s, José Juan Flores Martínez was studying for a bachelor’s degree in biology and working ...

Invasive Mexican fruit flies have arrived in South Texas. These pests lay eggs inside your fruit, causing it to rot. Check ...

State and federal officials are gearing up to stop the advance of a parasitic fly that is less than 70 miles from the United ...

Missouri animal health experts warn of a potential reintroduction of a flesh-eating fly in the state within a year or two.

The Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture, 866-366-3723, uses a risk-based inspection reporting process for restaurants and other food handlers.

Sleep patterns and eating habits can influence each other, but the link between these behaviors remains unclear. In a new JNeurosci paper, researchers led by William Ja, from the Herbert Wertheim UF ...

It's that time of year again when you leave a piece of fruit on the counter for five minutes and suddenly your kitchen is hosting a rave for a thousand tiny, uninvited guests. Yes, the fruit flies are ...

Have you ever unpeeled a banana and found tiny flies crawling around it, or had other produce swarmed by insects? You might be experiencing an influx of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), which ...

The U.S. plans to build a $750 million factory in southern Texas to breed billions of sterile flies, ramping up its efforts to keep flesh-eating maggots in Mexico from crossing the border and damaging ...