Something buzzing around your kitchen? It might be fruit flies. Here's what attracts them, plus several homemade fruit fly traps you can DIY.

Those tiny pests are gross, but are they harmful to your health?

They might be small, but according to research by Bruno van Swinderen, a professor at the University of Queensland, fruit flies have selective attention. This means they choose which visual stimuli to ...

Fruit flies can be found anywhere there are overripe fruits and vegetables, dirty sink drains, or food "slime" in trash cans. It feels like they will never go away because the reproductive potential ...

Fruit flies are some of the worst household pests that exist, made worse by the fact that they are seemingly impossible to get rid of. The flies are attracted to fruit, other foods, and garbage, and ...

It's happened to all of us—the bunch of bananas meant to be used in smoothies or enjoyed as a healthy snack is now sitting on the kitchen counter, turning a not-so-appetizing shade of brown. Besides ...

A biosecurity operation is under way in Papatoetoe after an Oriental fruit fly was found in a surveillance trap.

The country’s National Control and Eradication Plan for the fruit fly pest invested nearly $3.5 million in 2025, managing 66 ...