A common variety of consumer insecticide sprays is mostly ineffective and of "little to no value" in eliminating cockroach infestations, a study in the Journal of Economic Entomology shows. Residual ...

As many major cities have discovered, bed bug infestations can be notoriously difficult to eradicate. Bed bugs can survive indefinitely on the human organic material that collects in mattresses and ...

Flies, mosquitos, and ticks can dampen any outdoor excursion, especially on a hot summer day. A short hike can quickly become a swat fest when the bugs are out, and there’s nothing worse than having ...

Cockroaches are developing a resistance to insecticides used in exterminators' bug spray and may soon be "almost impossible" to control with chemicals alone, scientists warn. New research recently ...

Millions of innocent honeybees were reportedly killed off in South Carolina this month by a potent insecticide that was designed to control mosquito populations and prevent Zika virus transmission.

Residential insecticide usage and actual application details were collected in a population-based sample of 477 households residing within 22 counties in northern California with at least one child of ...

Information also included maternal use of insect repellents for clothes during pregnancy, indoor spray insecticides, mosquito coil, electric mosquito repellents, pesticides and insecticides for ...

Bayer, a German multinational, pharmaceutical and life sciences company, has developed a new insecticide for malaria vector control which has proven to be effective for use in Ghana. This is based on ...