A group of researchers was able to successfully engineer "virgin birth" in fruit flies. Asexual reproduction, or parthenogenesis, is common in nature, but had never been engineered. The research ...

A new UC Davis study reveals previously unknown cell types in the female reproductive tract of Drosophila fruit flies. The knowledge could help in studies of fertility in general, and in managing ...

Giant sperm may be the ultimate packers. Inside male fruit flies, thousands of sperm ­— each about as long as the fruit fly itself ­— cram into sacs roughly the size of a very fine pen tip. And ...

When Mika Matera-Vatnick ’21 received President Martha E. Pollack’s email in March announcing the closing of campus, her first thought was, “What am I gonna do with my flies?” Matera-Vatnick, like ...

Fungi-eating orchids were found for the first time to offer their flowers to fungi-eating fruit flies in exchange for pollination, which is the first evidence for nursery pollination in orchids. This ...

Osaka, Japan – For many of us, when we think of microbiomes, our first thoughts are probably about the beneficial microorganisms that live in our guts. But now, researchers from Japan and US have ...

It’s that time of the year again, and experts say West Australians must get used to the new buzzy normal as temperatures ...

Maybe you're wondering why so many huge mosquito-looking bugs are flitting around your yard and getting in your house right now. Crane flies, also known as mosquito hawks thanks to their resemblance ...