A bird attacking a butterfly will often find its beak snapping at thin air. According to new research, that split-second miss ...
A pregnant female Ormia ochracea fly has a challenging problem to solve. She must listen for the song of a male cricket, ...
The transcription factors a Drosophila neuron expresses offer clues to its lineage and birth order—and ultimately how neural ...
On Friday, researchers announced the completion of a map of every neuron in the brain of a male fruit fly. The “connectome” provides a tool that can accelerate neurobiology research. But it also ...
Scientists have managed to compare the fine detail of the brains of male and female flies for the first time, identifying differences they say explain male aggression, courtship and their singing of ...