Can cannabidiol (CBD) be used to counter insecticide resistance, specifically for mosquitoes? This is what a recent study published in Insects hopes to address as a team of researchers investigated ...

Researchers have been hard at work lately trying to better understand plants and the intricacies involved in growing them. Researchers at Penn State University’s Fruit Research and Extension Center in ...

Mosquito-borne illnesses remain a formidable challenge threatening millions of people each year with diseases such as malaria, dengue, zika and chikungunya. To develop a mosquito control strategy with ...

Though mosquito insecticides exist, the pests are developing resistances, and advancements are needed to reduce their numbers and slow the spread of pathogens they carry, including the malaria ...

The annual treatment of over 50 wetlands in 20 municipalities to target mosquito larvae will start this week with the Allegheny County Health Department’s Housing and Community Environment Program.

San Diego County will conduct its first routine aerial larvicide drop of the year next week to stop mosquitoes from potentially spreading diseases such as West Nile virus. County officials said ...

UMATILLA, MORROW COUNTIES — As the sun rises, local vector control crews are tuned in to two familiar sounds: the whine of mosquitoes and the buzz of drones now being used to track them. Vector ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The first mosquito larva of the year in Minnesota has already been found, but experts aren't expecting a surge in adult mosquitoes anytime soon. According to the Metropolitan Mosquito ...

Mosquito season has arrived in California. That means more mosquitoes will be flying around looking for someone to bite. “There’s not a lot of things that we can all agree on, especially in this day ...

Did you know that the world's deadliest animal is the mosquito? And Aedes aegypti is one of the most dangerous. This bug spreads viruses that cause dengue fever, which was recently declared as an ...