Researchers have identified that the precisely timed transcription of two genes named grim and reaper is responsible for the targeted death of neurons within the developing nervous system of female ...

This event showcases the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), an environmentally friendly method used by the Joint FAO/IAEA Centre, is used to control devastating fruit flies in Latin America and the ...

The United States Department of Agriculture is opening a new sterile fly dispersal facility to combat the spread of New World ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has opened a new sterile fly dispersal facility in Tampico, Mexico, expanding aerial ...

New rules around a popular insecticide could lead to lower blueberry production, but growers are confident the industry will ...

As the weather cools, we’re not the only ones heading indoors. When temperatures drop, flying insects like fruit flies, gnats ...

Australians' surging appetite for berries has prompted the national farm chemical watchdog to suspend a popular insecticide.

This summer, a small number of invasive Mediterranean fruit flies were detected in San Jose. In response, the state started ...

GREENVILLE, S.C., Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Fruit flies have become one of the most persistent and expensive problems facing restaurants and bars today. They thrive in drains, soda wells, and wet ...

Jakob von Uexküll was a Baltic German biologist ahead of his time, intrigued by the idea that animals inhabit unique perceptual worlds quite unlike our own. In 1934, he described angling for flies by ...