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.

Dylan Rees delves into how new research involving sterilised male mosquitos could benefit humans in preventing the spread of diseases.

Mosquitoes are able to survive prolonged droughts by drinking blood, which helps to explain how their populations quickly ...

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

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

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 ...

By targeting the female mosquitoes themselves rather than their offspring, TMT is the first biocontrol technology that could ...

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

A new biological pest control method that targets the lifespan of female insects could significantly reduce the threat of ...

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

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