African researchers are using Drosophila melanogaster fruit flies to advance studies of genetics, biomedicine, developmental biology, toxicology and more.

By tracing every single connection between nerve cells in a single fruit fly’s brain, scientists have created the “connectome,” a tool that could help reveal how brains work.

Scientists announced on Thursday a milestone in neurobiological research with the mapping of the entire brain of an adult fruit fly, a feat that may provide insight into brains across the animal ...

Male fruit flies drink more alcohol to get females to like them Alcohol makes male fruit flies sexier by stimulating the production of sex pheromones.

In the fruit fly, this transcription factor, named Traffic Jam, activates a non-coding piRNA gene named Flamenco to promote female fruit fly (Drosophila) fertility.

But the fruit fly is much more than an annoying house guest. In fact, Drosophila melanogaster has been one of the most important species for science for more than a century.

Cocaine-addicted fruit flies might sound crazy, but researchers say they could help us understanding cocaine addiction in humans.