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 ...

Every year between spring and fall, many local governments and mosquito control districts in the US spray insecticides to kill adult and larval mosquitoes. Now researchers in California and Colorado ...

Lavender and other aromatic herbs repel mosquitoes through their essential oils. Crushing the leaves releases oils—planting alone won’t do the trick. Use repellents with these oils for a natural way ...

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 ...

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 ...

WAILUKU–An airborne war against avian-malaria-spreading mosquitoes is actively underway on Kaua’i, and soon to start on Maui. In the 2013 film “Planes,” audiences of all ages became familiar with a ...

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 ...

TONIGHT. ROYALE AND PEYTON, BACK TO YOU. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. COREY. MOSQUITO SEASON IS HITTING HARD RIGHT NOW IN THE METRO, AND NOW THE CITY IS TESTING A NEW WAY TO FIGHT BACK. STARTING IN JULY, ...

SALT LAKE CITY — Grab your bug spray, it's that time of year again. Utah's hotter temperatures are breeding more and more mosquitoes, and it's just getting started. Just in the last week, workers with ...

They're the deadliest thing on Earth. They suck your blood and spread disease, killing nearly one million people each year. Are we talking about vampires? Lions? Gorillas? Actually, none of these ...