Mosquitoes are mainly attracted to carbon dioxide, body odor, including sweat and skin bacteria, and heat. They are also ...

China has deployed ‘cannibal’ mosquitoes, larvae-eating fish and surveillance drones as it battles to curb an unprecedented ...

UF/IFAS scientists and Extension agents agree that layering mosquito control strategies is the best way to reduce bites. While UF/IFAS Extension Specialist Eva Buckner at Florida Medical Entomology ...

More than 7,000 cases of the mosquito-borne chikungunya virus have been reported across China’s Guangdong province.

Many consider them the ultimate predator of the insect world. Dragonflies have a wide array of superpowers at their disposal for eating insects. They are agile and fast, flying forward up to 35 miles ...

Louisiana gets about 70 inches of rain each year. Its flat, clay-heavy soil slows drainage, creating puddles and ditches ...

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issued a Level 2 travel alert on Friday, advising those planning to ...

The science: It sounds plausible that garlic — a plant known for its pungent odor — would repel mosquitoes. Eating garlic, for instance, might seem like an easy way to ward off the pesky insects.

The plants that have evolved to become carnivorous grow in places where they have enough sunlight and water but not enough ...