While insecticide-treated bed nets do help protect people from malaria-carrying mosquitos, the chemicals are becoming less effective as the insects develop a resistance to them. It now appears that ...

New York University researchers recently created a new and improved crystal form of deltamethrin, a common insecticide used to control malaria. The new deltamethrin—created by simply heating the ...

A global health group breaks down exactly where the promise lies in using genetically modified mosquitoes to eliminate ...

(Beyond Pesticides, October 10, 2023) In recent years, the effects of climate change have become more frequent and more severe, from extreme weather events to rising sea levels. But perhaps one of the ...

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

Recent rainstorms have led to a mosquito population boom across the Phoenix area, but there are ways to protect yourself and your pets.

We love all animals – except mosquitoes. They can go straight to hell. According to a new study out of Ohio State University, hemp might help us cast those winged demons back to the fiery pits where ...

Swat. Spray. Repeat. This is the dance humans and mosquitoes have been doing for decades, ever since the rise of chemical insecticides following World War II. The pest control industry in the U.S. is ...

Mosquito insecticide is available at no cost to Cumberland County residents while supplies last, according to the county's Department of Public Health. The product, Mosquito Dunks, is a biological ...

It was thought that Aedes aegypti could not survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in Colorado.