The British company Oxitec, in partnership with Australia's CSIRO, has announced plans to release genetically modified (GM) ...

Deviations from normal weather patterns are putting several regions in the U.S. at risk for an uptick of disease-spreading pests, a pest-management group says.

"We don’t know if [they] would survive these long movements and be sufficiently fit to find and bite a host at the end of ...

An in-depth look at mosquito antennae and their sensitivity to vibrations, which may prove pivotal in predicting natural ...

The field of mosquito microbiome research has gained significant attention due to its potential implications for vector-borne ...

When the clock strikes 4 pm, it’s clean-up time! To prevent the spread of dengue, the Department of Health (DOH) recently launched the “Alas Kwatro, Kontra Mosquito Drive,” in partnership with the ...

The institute emphasised the urgent need for enhanced disease surveillance, improved diagnostics, and increased public ...

The freezing weather is beginning to thaw, which means spring break is just around the corner. If you're planning to escape ...

IF I didn’t think my own letters were good I wouldn’t ask you to publish them, and here’s another good one, but even in my vainest of moods I can see that better ones are available in your pages. One ...

Arizona has 28 species of bats that eat annoying insects and pollinate plants. Here's when they come out and what to do if one gets in your house.

Staff and observers worry that the agency may not be prepared for emerging threats including bird flu and insect-borne ...

Conservationists on Kauai have begun releasing hundreds of thousands of male mosquitoes incapable of reproducing in an effort to combat avian malaria, a disease threatening native honeycreepers with ...