Flies' flight patterns rely on sense of smell
Thursday, October 20, 2011 - 03:30
in Biology & Nature
(PhysOrg.com) -- If a fruit fly gets a whiff of a rotting banana, it does everything it can to get to the location of the potential feast. That includes not only beating its wings faster, but overriding its normally random flight navigation with a more direct approach, new research has found.