A simple, freely available analysis tool and hardware for analyzing fruit flies allows opportunities for researchers in ...

Fruit flies, known for their love of fruits, have another passion—riding a carousel. Research by scientists in the fields of neurobiology and genetics reveals a new side to these insects. Fruit flies, ...

The rate of development of poikilothermic animals, such as insects, fish, and reptiles, is determined by environmental ...

Yuh Nung Jan and colleagues from the University of California, San Francisco, suggest that male fruit flies’ prior experiences can modulate aggression through the inhibition of GABAergic neurons.

Two male flies exhibit the "lunging" behavior that indicates aggression in Drosophila. Lunging consists of a fly rearing up on its hind legs and snapping down with its forelegs on its opponent.

The rate of development of poikilothermic animals, such as insects, fish, and reptiles, is determined by environmental temperature. A research team at ...

Researchers have developed an easy-to-use, publicly available analysis pipeline and inexpensive hardware to record and quantify aggression and courtship behaviors in fruit flies.