With public concern about the Zika virus growing daily, people are looking for effective ways to prevent mosquito bites, and now there’s some good news for the concerned public. According to... Read more
A wind- and solar-powered LED light that attracts and traps mosquitoes could help reduce the number of dengue cases in Asia. Researchers at a Malaysian university have built an LED street la... Read more
James Cook University researchers have found sex sells when it comes to luring male mosquitoes. Senior Research Officer Brian Johnson and Professor Scott Ritchie set out to make a cheap and... Read more
Interbreeding of two malaria mosquito species in the West African country of Mali has resulted in a “super mosquito” hybrid that’s resistant to insecticide-treated bed nets. “It’s ‘super’ wi... Read more
It’s a breakthrough in the fight against disease-carrying mosquitoes. Researchers have found a chemical that disables the part of the insect’s brain that smells humans. Future bu... Read more
If a mosquito can’t sense that dinner is ready, there will be no buzzing, no landing and no bite In an advance toward providing mosquito-plagued people, pets and livestock with an invisibili... Read more
Advance provides genetic options for controlling spread of deadly disease Mosquitoes bred to be unable to infect people with the malaria parasite are an attractive approach to helping curb o... Read more
For many of us, mosquitoes are an irritating pest that can ruin any number of outdoor activities. For many others, however, they are also spreaders of malaria – a disease which infected appr... Read more
Image via Wikipedia An estimated one million people die each year from malaria, a parasitic infection transmitted by mosquitoes. Current control strategies involve blasting the bugs with ins... Read more