In a small persimmon orchard in northern Greece, scientists carefully open paper bags to release thousands of flies, in an experiment aimed at blunting the destructive impact of invasive new species.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Department of Agriculture officials identified European cherry fruit fly maggots and pupae in 5 pounds of cherries traveling at Detroit Metro Airport. The ...

Boffins in Manchester have been studying the gene mutations of fruit flies to solve the riddle of what causes diseases like Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An invasive fruit fly from Asia is upending the economics and growing techniques for raspberries, blueberries and grapes in Minnesota. Potted wing drosophila damage crops, shorten ...

Have you ever unpeeled a banana and found tiny flies crawling around it, or had other produce swarmed by insects? You might be experiencing an influx of fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster), which ...

Jan. 17 (UPI) --The Department of Agriculture said Friday it has tapped $129 million in emergency funding to battle a worsening incursion of exotic, invasive fruit flies from Mexico and Guatemala.

Just under a year after California began contending with a spread of invasive fruit flies not seen before in such large quantities, state and federal environmental officials announced that the pests ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Agriculture specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepted an invasive fruit fly at Detroit Metropolitan Airport last month. CBP announced Friday that ...

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