Mosquitoes

Millions of genetically modified mosquitoes are set to be released in California and Florida in an effort to reduce the number of real, disease-carrying invasive mosquitoes. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on ...

SOUTH PASADENA—The first indication this year of West Nile virus circulating in Los Angeles County was detected in ...

A biotech company, funded by the Bill Gates Foundation, is about to release genetically modified mosquitoes into the ...

Genetically modified mosquitoes have been released for the first time in the United States, as part of an ...

If it works for vampires, then it should work for mosquitoes, right?

Efforts to protect our skin from mosquitoes on a summer nigh may work for a while, but not ...

Florida is considering releasing a genetically modified mosquito to control the population of a variety that has been ...

Symptoms of chikungunya, which manifest three to seven days after a bite from an infected mosquito, are similar ...

Scientists say they’ve uncovered one reason zebras have stripes: they act like insect repellent, keeping away blood-sucking flies.

Chikungunya's been found in two people in Florida who contracted it locally; the virus is spread through mosquitoes ...

They fly up your nose, buzz in your ear and potentially leave welts, bumps and intensely itchy red ...

Ink mixed with a natural repellent protects you from disease while you peruse the morning news.

Dengue fever is the fastest spreading tropical disease in the world and has “an epidemic potential” after seeing ...

This year may be the worst-ever West Nile outbreak in U.S. history, but most cases came from just ...

The first human case of West Nile Virus this season was confirmed on July 26 by the city's ...

Massachusetts said on Tuesday that it will start aerial spraying in the southeastern portion of the state to ...

Toronto Public Health said Tuesday that laboratory tests have revealed West Nile Virus in area mosquitoes.