Gene editing holds the potential of suppressing mosquito species that carry deadly diseases — and raises ethical questions.

Apart from ethical considerations, more importantly, ecological & evolutionary role of the species has to be considered when ...

Mosquitoes favour some people due to body odour linked to skin chemistry. A new study reveals how smell, not myths, guides ...

The innovation centers on a fungus called Metarhizium pingshaense, long known for its ability to kill insects. But scientists ...

The Malaysian Academy of Sciences is likely to advise the government to press on with field trials of genetically modified male Aedes ... LA 513 transposon into the mosquito's DNA to produce ...

BLOCKING malaria transmission by targeting the malaria parasite inside mosquitoes so that it is no longer transmitted by the ...

Greg Devine said mosquitos that carry the virus "hitchhike around the world" and the increased movement of people is ...

Were lovebugs created in a lab at UF? Are they attracted to cars and disintegrate the paint? We VERIFY what's fact and what's ...

Kaya Lehmann visited a waterfall in Bali during a summer holiday. Four months later she’s still counting the cost.

The danger lies not in the insect itself, but in its ability to carry and transmit pathogens. The challenge with mosquito-borne diseases is that they thrive in tropical climates, where stagnant water, ...

A recent study reveals that some individuals are more attractive to mosquitoes due to high levels of specific fatty acids on ...

Scientists have unveiled a novel mosquito control strategy ... for controlling malaria-transmitting mosquitoes using genetically modified fungi that can kill mosquitoes through sexual transmission.