Mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria and dengue, kill thousands of people per year. In 2023 alone, malaria killed over ...

Scientists have recently made a breakthrough by converting the delightful aroma of flowers into a potent mosquito killer.

No matter where you live, it’s likely you’ll encounter mosquitoes when temperatures rise. Mosquitoes tend to flock to warm, wet conditions, and standing water offers a breeding ground for these pesky ...

With so much rain lately, you’ve probably noticed masses of mosquitoes in your yard. Just one adult female mosquito can lay hundreds of eggs (larvae) in one sitting. Orlando Entomologist (someone who ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.

Mosquitoes carry dangerous diseases, making protection vital. Natural scents from plants like citronella, peppermint, ...

In the battle against mosquito-borne diseases that kill hundreds of thousands of people each year, scientists turned to an ...

A group of St. Tammany business leaders presented a report conducted by DA Collin Sims on St. Tammany Mosquito Abatement's ...

In the wild, mosquitoes mate randomly and propagate by Mendelian inheritance, which dictates that a mutation spreads slowly, if at all. Unless the man-made mutation conveyed some strong evolutionary ...

NEW YORK — Genetically engineered mosquitoes with toxic semen could be a new weapon against tropical disease, Australian scientists said after trialing the novel pest control method. The "toxic male ...