But only fruit fly moms use their version of Chardonnay to guard their babies from harm. When fly moms see marauding wasps, they seek out the alcohol in fermenting fruit, and lay their eggs there ...

The common fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, has evolved to have an impressive tolerance for alcohol, according to scientists. More than two decades ago, in one of the first papers using gene ...

Certain species of fruit flies have the alcohol tolerances of college fraternity brothers - but the reason still has scientists stumped. A new study from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln is ...

The researchers noticed that alcohol affected fruit flies much like it affects humans. When flies received a high dose of alcohol, they took longer to fall asleep and were more likely to wake ...