Scientists have discovered that fruit fly larvae can actually "taste" food texture, thanks to specialized neurons in their ...

The researchers observed that the maggots consistently preferred the rotten fruit over the fresh one. This behavior suggested ...

It turns out, a maggot's preference for rotting fruit has as much to do with texture as taste. Researchers are looking into ...

A study led by Nikita Komarov and Simon Sprecher at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, has discovered neurons in the ...

Researchers have discovered neurons in the fly larva mouth that allow the taste of food texture. The study found that the fly peripheral taste organ has neurons with texture-tasting mechanoreceptors ...

For maggots, the experience of eating a succulent meal isn’t just about how their food tastes, but also how it feels.

Has three (male) or four (female) white stripes on the abdomen. Adult apple maggots begin to emerge from the soil around July 1, continuing through most of the summer. Apple maggot flies lay eggs in ...

Not only was there a roach filmed wriggling around among the outlet’s famous fries, but there were dozens of maggots captured sprawled across a dustpan too. Footage was released Tuesday evening ...

Horrifying footage shows cockroaches and maggots running wild in a McDonald’s restaurant, even infiltrating the chain’s coveted French fries. Newy spoke with several customers at the ...

The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) Monographs (www.monographs.iarc.fr) identify environmental and occupational causes of human cancer. Sometimes called the WHO “Encyclopedia of ...