Flies have an astonishing ability to sense and analyze scents, often detecting food sources from miles away. Jody Gangloff-Kaufmann, an entomologist at Cornell University, says that human bodies ...

"Flies have the same neurotransmitters we do," Sousa Neves said. "The ability to make decisions is not just a privilege of humans." Such connections between fruit flies and humans offer a reminder of ...

Researchers, led in part by University of Nevada, Reno’s Meet Zandawala, identify specific clock neurons that govern daily ...

Research results announced on 'birds with wingspans up to 6 meters that can fly' - GIGAZINE When imagining a human being who can fly, many people imagine an angel-like figure with bird wings ...

Outwardly, fruit flies and humans have little in common. It is all the more astonishing that roughly 60 percent of the fly's genes can also be found in humans in a similar form. Many insights gained ...

Dr Robert Wessells at Wayne State University are researching exercise mediators and mimetics in fruit flies (Drosophila ...

Using two species of flies from different climates -- one from the cool, high-altitude forests of Northern California, the other hailing from the hot, dry deserts of the Southwest -- scientists ...

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They found that fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster ... "This could help us to find out how we humans also develop efficient self-awareness of our bodies," explains Huetteroth.