12 vehicles involved in series of crashes on US-131 in Plainfield Township The Plainfield Township Fire Department is asking drivers to avoid a portion of southbound US-131 while crews respond to a ...

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 just ...

Paula Wethington is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She previously held digital content roles at NEWSnet, Gannett/USA Today network and The Monroe News in Michigan. She is a graduate of the ...

Ever bite into a luscious-looking apple only to be rewarded with, ugh, a chunk of mealy pulp? Turns out that other creatures - including B. J. Leiderman, who does our theme music - associate the ...

U.S. Customs and Border Protection and U.S. Department of Agriculture officials identified European cherry fruit fly maggots and pupae in 5 pounds of cherries traveling at Detroit Metro Airport. The ...

Dealing with a fly infestation at home is annoying. Orange County had one that spanned almost 100 square miles. But officials have announced they’ve won the year-long battle against the oriental fruit ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Agriculture specialists with U.S. Customs and Border Protection intercepted an invasive fruit fly at Detroit Metropolitan Airport last month. CBP announced Friday that ...

A 109-square mile section of Santa Clara County has been placed under quarantine following the detection of two female Mediterranean fruit flies in San Jose, officials said. The Medfly targets more ...

Here’s what’s going on: While all sorts of insects have a taste for berries, one of the most likely culprits is the spotted wing drosophila (SWD), an invasive species of fruit fly that has become “a ...