Electroreception, the ability to sense electric fields, is a fascinating trait found in species like sharks, bees, and ...

Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have just added fruit flies to that list. A team of researchers led by Matthieu Louis found that fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields and navigate toward the ...

IT has been known for a long time that the application of a ligature posterior to the brain in the larva of the blowfly, Calliphora erythrocephala Meig., prevents the pupation of the posterior ...

This map, called a connectome in neuroscience, includes the fly’s brain lobes and its nerve cord. Despite their small size, fruit flies, and their larva, have extremely complex brains.

unlike the dry surface the larvae were tested on. With the 29 behaviors in hand, scientists then used mathematics to look for neuron groups that seemed to bias the fly toward each behavior.

Bot fly larva, aka Eskimo Candy, on the back of a caribou skin. Photo by Scott Hauge “Eskimo candy,” he bubbled, and popped it into his mouth. Bending down, he repeated the drill. Danny ate a ...

Researchers have found that besides sharks, bees and platypus, even fruit fly larvae can sense electric fields and navigate toward the negative electric potential using a small set of sensory ...