Most people see fruit flies as a nuisance. A scientist at Washington State University Vancouver sees them as the key to understanding evolution.

Early detection of invasive fruit fly populations is critical to ensuring successful, timely, and cost-effective eradication, reducing the size and duration of regulatory quarantines and other ...

It is vital to our success in keeping fruit fly out of New Zealand,” Inglis said. “To date, no other Oriental fruit flies have been found in surveillance traps, which is very encouraging.

Their appeal lies in their simplicity: A small species with a well-studied genome that is highly fertile, inexpensive, and easy to observe over multiple generations. In many ways, fruit flies have ...

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The search for more oriental fruit flies is continuing in South Auckland after the insect was found in a Papatoetoe surveillance trap on Friday. Strict fruit and vegetable movement restrictions would ...

The fruit fly also remains a powerhouse for biological discovery. Its genome was sequenced in the 1990s. This was done in part as a trial run for assembly of the human genome, but also to allow for ...

The "fruit fly family" is thriving, with the potential to become the first species to reproduce for three generations aboard China's space station, according to the China Central Television on Sunday.

Biosecurity NZ says more than 100 extra fruit fly traps have been set up since a fly was found in South Auckland. Strict biosecurity conditions are in place after an oriental fruit fly was found in a ...