Some of Orange County has been placed under a quarantine due to an invasive fruit fly species, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture, which told residents in affected areas to ...
MURRAY, Ky. (KFVS) - A biology professor at Murray State University recently made an interesting discovery. According to the university, Dr. Oliver Beckers, principal investigator and associate ...
The tiny, annoying pest can wreak $6 billion in losses annually to U.S. cattle production due to decreased weight gain or ...
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Summer is the season for flies, which belong to an insect group that scientists call Diptera. Many fly species are more active when the weather is warmer, and populations can boom thanks to the ...
The California Department of Food and Agriculture has placed the cities of Santa Ana, Garden Grove and Fountain Valley under quarantine to try to stop the spread of the oriental fruit fly. The state ...
Fruit fly study achieves first transfer of behavior between species through single gene manipulation
Researchers in Japan have genetically transferred a unique courtship behavior from one fruit fly species to another. By turning on a single gene in insulin-producing neurons, the team successfully ...
Researchers show that ozone levels, such as those found in many places on hot summer days today, destroy the sex pheromones of fruit fly species. As a result, some natural mating boundaries maintained ...
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