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

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

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

Mosquito control has moved way past DDT. Larval controls include mono-molecular films placed on small calm bodies of water. Most mosquito larva must come to the surface to breath. The film prevents ...

Scientists have developed a floral-scented fungus that attracts and kills mosquitoes using a natural perfume compound, ...

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 ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." When the weather warms, we’re all itching to get outside. But with the great outdoors comes an array of ...

ANTOINETTE AND DOUG. GOOD MORNING. TWO PLANES TOOK OFF FROM HERE AT PLYMOUTH AIRPORT FOR AN OVERNIGHT MISSION CRISSCROSSING PLYMOUTH COUNTY, SPRAYING INSECTICIDES TO KILL MOSQUITOES AND TRY TO PREVENT ...

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 ...

Before the discovery, Iceland was just one of two places on Earth that did not have mosquitos, “largely due to its unique ...

As summer inches closer and closer, one man on TikTok has shared his trick to keep the mosquitos away for good. “Kill mosquitos with this extremely simple and cheap method!!!” TikToker Daddy Brown ...