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 ...

There's an old joke that mosquitoes are like family: They are annoying, but they carry your blood. Mosquito season is starting to rev up across much of the United States. And that means bug bites.

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 ...

To control mosquitoes around your home, many companies offer insecticide sprays. Unfortunately, tons of these sprays contain the chemicals “pyrethrins” or “pyrethroids.” While these products do kill ...

Mosquitoes do seem to be evolving defenses against what have been some of humanity’s most effective insecticides. A recent study published in the peer-reviewed journal, Science Advances, found that 78 ...

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 ...

Specific receptors in the ears of mosquitoes have been revealed to modulate their hearing, finds a new study. Scientists say, this discovery could help develop new insecticides and control the spread ...

To prevent the spread of West Nile virus, the Philadelphia Department of Health is spraying parts of Germantown with a mosquito insecticide Monday night. The city's Vector Control staff will apply the ...

Nicole Foley checks a bottle April 4, 2024, to see the condition of mosquitoes exposed to a particular insecticide as part of a test during a tour of the Center for Disease Control laboratory in Fort ...