Fruit flies seem to appear out of nowhere the moment conditions are right. One overripe peach, a forgotten splash of juice at the bottom of the recycling bin or a damp mop left in the corner is all it ...

Even the tiniest of living things are capable of some amazing forms of locomotion, and some come with highly sophisticated sensor suites and manage to source their energy from the environment.

For the first time, scientists have induced facultative parthenogenesis, a form of asexual reproduction, in an animal that usually reproduces sexually. An estimated 76 percent of fruit flies can ...