Got a fruit fly problem? This is a common issue, especially during the summer, says Laurie Stevison, associate professor of biology at Auburn University. She works with fruit flies in her research.

Summer is the season of friends, festivals, fun… and, of course, fruit flies. It all happens so quickly. One day, you forget about the almost-too-ripe banana you were going to take to work with you, ...

Fruit flies are perhaps the most annoying of household pests. They barge right in and make themselves quite at home. With a knack for gravitating toward ripe fruits, veggies and even stagnant drains, ...

Fruit flies are perhaps the most annoying of household pests. They barge right in and make themselves quite at home. With a knack for gravitating toward ripe fruits, veggies and even stagnant drains, ...

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My kids are very picky eaters, but one fail-safe food they'll always enjoy is fresh fruit. We regularly have an abundance of fruit like oranges and bananas on the counter, which means we often have to ...

California is going to war with invasive flies and placing portions of the state under quarantine — again. Though it’s unclear when and how the pests arrived, the Department of Agriculture wrote that ...