(CN) — The next time you see a fruit fly buzzing around, remember that there’s a lot more going on in its tiny brain than meets the eye — especially when love, or at least mating, is on the line. Male ...

Sloan Kettering Institute scientists have discovered how a genetic switch in the brain controls mating behavior in female fruit flies. The insights contribute to scientists’ understanding of ...

Mating flies frozen in time were found encased in amber for the past 41 million years. The flies, still locked in their mating pose, were swallowed up by tree sap which then hardened into protective ...

In an extraordinary study, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany have discovered that male fruit flies become more appealing to females after consuming alcohol. The ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. For decades, scientists have been studying a South African daisy’s ...

A research group at the Graduate School of Science, Nagoya University in Japan has used artificial intelligence to determine that Piezo, a channel that receives mechanical stimuli, plays a role in ...

Fruit flies continue to mate with each other even when infected with deadly pathogens – reveals a study by researchers at the University of Birmingham. According to results published today in ...

In the recently published article, “The Life History Of Drosophila Sperm Involves Molecular Continuity Between Male And Female Reproductive Tracts,” and further correspondence with loud experts, the ...

It’s not easy being a fly. You don’t live long, you eat lots of feces and sometimes, when you’re just trying to get laid, you get tricked by a flower into being its artificial sperm donor. Meet the ...

A research group has developed a new system to detect mating in fruit flies using artificial intelligence. They used the system to determine how fruit flies use mechanical stimuli during mating to ...

Fruit flies continue to mate with each other even when infected with deadly pathogens -- reveals a new study. Fruit flies continue to mate with each other even when infected with deadly pathogens -- ...