San Diego County and the California Department of Food and Agriculture have expanded a quarantine zone after the Mexican fruit fly was detected outside its original area, raising concern for ...

Fruit can and should be part of a balanced diet. Indeed, there are several benefits of a high-fruit diet, including helping a person to feel full. This is due to the fiber and liquid content in fruit.

Fruit is widely regarded as a healthy food — but is there such a thing as too much? In a recent video, a Harvard researcher sets out to explore the nutritional nuances of this popular food group. Nick ...

Grapes and apples have slight differences in their fiber content and other nutrients, which can affect how they impact blood ...

Males of the species Drosophila melanogaster pack thousands of almost two-millimeter-long sperm cells into significantly smaller storage organs. A new study reveals how they move in an orderly manner ...

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Millions of sterile male Mexican fruit flies to be released in San Diego County ...

You probably have heard that tomatoes are best harvested when "vine ripe." But what, exactly, that means isn't always so ...

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), a genuine fruit cocktail contains five specific fruits, and specific measurements of them.

While most people are familiar with coffee beans, coffee fruit is not as common. Derived from the same plant as the coffee bean, coffee fruit is traditionally discarded during the coffee-making ...