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 ...

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

Metarhizium robertsii, a pathogenetic soil-dwelling fungus, infects a variety of insects through spores that eventually kill them. Scientists have known that the fungus can spread when a healthy bug ...

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

When it comes to battling mosquitoes, tons of people go for bug zappers to give those pesky blood suckers the fate they deserve — over 1.75 million of these devices are sold each year in the U.S. But ...

A team of researchers has developed a floral-scented fungus that tricks mosquitoes into approaching and dying. The fungus emits longifolene, a natural scent that irresistibly draws them in. It’s ...

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 ...

It is a dream for many to get a lightsaber used in Star Wars movies, or a military-grade drone, missile-zapping laser weapon being tested by armies globally. However, a low-powered laser weapon could ...

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 ...

Preliminary tests of dead crows found in Sonoma County show no evidence of West Nile disease, a mosquito-borne virus that sometimes sickens and kills humans, mosquito control officials said Thursday.