A prisoner has blasted the “inhumane” conditions of police cells in Doncaster – saying they are infested with fruit flies and ...

Methylmercury is an extremely toxic compound, and unfortunately it's often present in the fish that we eat. Scientists are ...

My mother was one of ten people to die from eating liverwurst contaminated with listeria. Six months later, I second-guess ...

Scientists from Australia have successfully bioengineered genetically modified fruit flies and zebrafish capable of absorbing ...

And still more eat insects — a common brown bat can consume a thousand mosquitos an hour! You definitely want those around ...

Throw away garbage and take out recycling frequently. Clean out the bottom of bins when liquid accumulates, wipe down ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- If you are an avid birdwatcher or even a casual observer, you are probably aware that there are fewer ...

Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture be such a big deal.

Two problems commonly associated with apple trees plague growers: apple scab and apple maggots. It is too late for remedial action at this time of year but what you do now can affect next ...

The researchers observed that the maggots consistently preferred the rotten fruit over the fresh one. This behavior suggested ...

Scientists have discovered that fruit fly larvae can actually "taste" food texture, thanks to specialized neurons in their ...

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into ...