What if the solution to combat disease-carrying mosquitoes lies in their own reproduction? Australian researchers have ...

How fruit flies mate may hold a key to limiting the spread of diseases by mosquitoes.

Male insects carrying venom proteins transferred these to disease-spreading females, reducing their lifespan and providing a ...

Researchers have developed genetically modified fungi that can kill malaria-transmitting mosquitoes through sexual ...

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 ...

A new study by Macquarie University researchers has suggested that the toxic male technique could be used to address the prevalence of mosquito-borne illness. The scientists, which genetically ...