Drones can quickly deploy to avoid Hawaiʻi’s unpredictable weather. Scientists use drones to release millions of specialized ...

The first US release of genetically modified mosquitoes began in the Florida Keys this week, part of a plan to fight a dangerous invasive species. The plan was approved by local and government ...

The EPA has approved the release of more than 2 billion genetically altered male mosquitoes in Florida and California following a pilot program last year in the Florida Keys. Oxitec, the ...

The mosquito also won federal approval to be released into Harris County, Texas, beginning in 2021, according to Oxitec, the US-owned, British-based company that developed the genetically modified ...

Genetically modified mosquitoes are created in a lab to stop the spread of certain diseases. Learn more about how they’re made, what they’re used for, and whether they might pose health risks ...

This article originally appeared on Undark. This spring, the biotechnology company Oxitec plans to release genetically modified (GM) mosquitoes in the Florida Keys. Oxitec says its technology will ...

In a week or so, 12,000 male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes will – one by one – begin buzzing out of each box, the first genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in the United States.

When these GMO mosquitoes mate with females in the wild, up to 97 percent of their offspring can’t survive, according to Oxitec. If enough GMO mosquitoes are released and mate, the population ...

Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Have Few Proven Benefits, Too Many Risks. Dr Helen Wallace is the director of GeneWatch U.K. February 23, 2015.

Thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes have begun to be released in Florida this week as part of an effort to combat a disease-spreading species of the insect. The buzzy project, from British… ...

More than 20 million genetically modified mosquitoes are coming to the Florida Keys this year, in a landmark project by British biotech company Oxitec and Monroe County’s Mosquito Control District.

Oxitec’s OX5034 mosquitoes are the first GM mosquitoes approved for release in the U.S. The company has already conducted a trial with the OX5034 mosquitoes in Brazil and released more than a ...