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

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

Maggots love to feed on decaying fruit. New research explains how they found this out and the implications for having texture be such a big deal.

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 what neurons are responsible.

Some creatures — like maggots — love to feed on decaying fruit. New research shows that they associate the texture of food with how tasty it is, too. So how did researchers figure that out?