Scientists have discovered that fruit fly larvae can actually "taste" food texture, thanks to specialized neurons in their ...

Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture ...

The researchers observed that the maggots consistently preferred the rotten fruit over the fresh one. This behavior suggested ...

Calcutta University, and other institutions, have identified 30 unique nucleotide sequences of fruit flies, the biggest ...

It's not just your bananas they're after. Here's why fruit flies are hanging out in your home, and how to keep them at bay.

Adult apple maggots begin to emerge from the soil around July 1, continuing through most of the summer. Apple maggot flies lay eggs in fruit which becomes pitted and misshapen. The female fly creates ...

Two different agricultural enterprises have come together to tackle Australia's food waste challenge in an unexpected way — ...

Black soldier fly larvae is being used to convert winery waste ... An estimated $30 million of fruit and vegetables are rejected by supermarkets every year leading to millions of tonnes of waste.

Before the 1660s, it was generally assumed that the maggot died in the pupa, and that the adult fly was generated out of the decay of the maggot, much as maggots themselves were generated by the decay ...

With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn ...