Collier Mosquito Control District to sterilize male Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes with x-rays. The goal is for these sterile mosquitoes to mate with wild females, who will lay unviable eggs.

Mosquitoes can survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain why rates of mosquito-borne illness don't always decline in dry periods.

Two rare mosquito borne viruses have been detected in Townsville, with the first locally acquired case of dengue fever since ...

GENETICALLY engineered “toxic male” mosquitoes could help kill off disease-spreading females. Scientists say the gene-hacked ...

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

Our changing climate creates conditions ripe for the replication of mosquitoes and transmission of diseases they carry. Read ...

"Toxic male technique" genetically engineers male insects to produce insect-specific venom proteins in their semen.

“There are three genotypes or genetic varieties” of the Aedes aegypti mosquito, explained Conicet researcher Sheila Ons, lead author of the study. “The sensitive, individuals that are hit by ...

THERE IS AN EFFORT DEEP IN THE WOODS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW IN COLLIER COUNTY THAT COULD STOP THE SPREAD OF DISEASE CARRYING ...

A biotechnology firm has been seeking approval from the federal government to release genetically modified mosquitoes in ...

Two rare mosquito-borne viruses have been detected in Townsville, with the first locally acquired case of dengue virus since ...

It's only the females of mosquito species like Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae that actually bite humans. And if they do bite, they risk transmitting deadly diseases like malaria, dengue fever ...