Those small fruit flies buzzing around your bananas are more than pests -- they may be allies in a fruitful search for clues to human diseases caused when genes malfunction.

Fruit fly studies shed light on adaptability of nerve cells Peer-Reviewed Publication. DZNE - German Center for Neurodegenerative Diseases ...

A new study involving the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, published in the journal npj Aging and Mechanisms of Disease, shows that when flies are kept in darkness, or in white light from which ...

Fruit Flies Shed Light on Environmental Adaptation A genetic variation that gives fruit flies the ability to withstand cold makes them different from their hot-weather relatives.

Fruit-loving bats may avoid eating in areas illuminated by artificial light. But what is seed rain, ... This design is the most common type of outdoor light in the world.