Throw away garbage and take out recycling frequently. Clean out the bottom of bins when liquid accumulates, wipe down ...

Who doesn’t love some fresh seasonal fruit? These flies sure do. It’s right in their name, after all. While they can find ...

The first experiment tested their food preference. The researchers placed maggots on a surface with both fresh and rotten fruit, observing whether they gravitated toward softer, decaying fruit ...

"So it really, really, really cares about food." The question was, which aspects of rotting fruit do these maggots like and dislike? First, Komarov engineered larvae without their taste organ, which ...

If one piece of fruit is going bad ... should be stored in a crisper drawer to avoid moisture that could cause rot or wilting. In general, all fruits and vegetables need to breathe.

KOMAROV: It eats constantly. So it really, really, really cares about food. DANIEL: The question was, which aspects of rotting fruit do these maggots like and dislike? First, Komarov engineered larvae ...

Dead Kennedys classic Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables has achieved Gold status in USA (500,000 copies sold as tracked by ...

Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture be such a big deal. Science reporter Ari Daniel has the story.

But it's better to clear the bowl of any rotting fruit before it contaminates the rest. The good sign is that Amorim has spotted his problems early on and must be trusted that this clean-up ...

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into figuring out why and... Not too hard, not too soft, rotting fruit is ...