We're all familiar with apples and pears, but there are many other fruit trees that produce edible fruit. Perhaps not as ...

Or mostly robotic, at least—the fruit flies the researchers used would occasionally go their own way, despite strong inducements to stay with the program. The first bit of behavior involved ...

Fruit flies are back in full force, and if you've noticed them circling your compost bin or hovering around your fruit bowl, you're not imagining things. These tiny pests thrive in the warmth of ...

While it may be an unfamiliar sensation to humans, electroreception is relatively commonplace in the animal kingdom. Sharks, bees and even the platypus all share this ability to detect electric fields ...

Researchers have found a new role for the transcription factor (proteins that regulate the transcription, or copying, of genes). In the fruit fly, this transcription factor, named Traffic Jam, ...

‘One of Dublin’s great sons’ – Eamon Farrell, father of Colin Farrell, remembered for ‘incredible’ generosity at funeral ...