Male fruit flies don't just sing to their mates; they also use sound-cancelling wing-flicks to jockey with rivals. This new understanding of how male flies compete for female partners could shed light ...

Researchers from The Universities of Manchester and Birmingham have identified the exact nerve cells in the brain that drive ...

(CN) — The next time you see a fruit fly buzzing around, remember that there’s a lot more going on in its tiny brain than meets the eye — especially when love, or at least mating, is on the line. Male ...

For fruit flies, finding the right mate is all about the right song. Now, research shows that male flies don't just try to impress their valentine by serenading her with song—they also go to great ...

How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes. In a new study, University of Iowa researchers found a gene that orchestrates the antenna movements of female ...

With bloated bellies and hairy legs, female flies try to look bigger to get food from courting mates. But male flies, in turn ...

Male fruit flies have several tricks for finding a mate, from sensing pheromones in the dark to relying on visual cues in the light. Now, new research reveals that these tiny suitors are leveraging a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In an extraordinary study, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Germany have discovered that male ...

Researchers have found and confirmed a gene that allows female fruit flies to get on the same frequency as courting males. Mosquitoes have the same gene and a similar courtship ritual, meaning that ...

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For fruit flies, finding the right mate is all about the right song. Now, research shows that male flies don’t just try to impress their valentine by serenading her with song—they also go to great ...

Researchers from The Universities of Manchester and Birmingham have identified the exact nerve cells in the brain that drive important behavioural changes in female fruit flies after they mate.The ...