Homeostasis is the ability of living organisms to maintain stable internal conditions, such as temperature, hydration and ...

While Alzheimer's disease is mostly considered a disorder of the brain, emerging evidence suggests that the condition also affects other organs of the body.

While Alzheimer's disease is mostly considered a disorder of the brain, emerging evidence suggests that the condition also affects other organs of the body. Working with the laboratory fruit fly, ...

Researchers have uncovered a "selfish" X chromosome in the fruit fly Drosophila testacea that manages to distort inheritance ...

When a species reproduces, typically, each parent passes on one of their two versions (alleles) of a given gene to their offspring. But not all alleles play fair in their quest to be passed onto ...

The paper describes all the neurons in the neck of the fruit fly that could be identified using light microscopy data. This ...

WashU Medicine researcher Polina Lishko, PhD, a BJC Investigator and professor of cell biology and physiology, has shown in mice that sperm have a temperature-controlled switch that changes their ...

The release boxes containing the chilled flies are transported to the nearby airfield and loaded onto the release aircraft. Mounted in the cargo area of each aircraft is an insect release machine that ...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture, or CDFA, is ramping up its efforts to eradicate the Mediterranean fruit fly in parts of Alameda and Santa Clara counties. SFGate reports that the ...

It’s not a bird, it’s not a plane, it’s a specialized government aircraft ejecting millions of Mediterranean fruit flies over the Bay Area. According to an April 29 release from the ...

APHIS and the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) have expanded the quarantine for the Mexican fruit fly (commonly known as Mexfly) in Sullivan City, Hidalgo, and Starr Counties, Texas. On April 4, ...