While Orkin would love you to call them, most people create their own mosquito problem with standing water on their property. Search high and low around your house for any areas of standing water ...

Romance is a complex affair in humans. There’s personality, appearance, seduction, all manner of physical and social cues.

Bay Area authorities are racing to eliminate an invasive mosquito species known to transmit potentially deadly diseases including dengue, Zika and yellow fever. This week, officials in Santa Clara ...

Arkansas researchers are testing a product commonly used to treat ticks and fleas on pets to target fly and mosquito larvae ...

Today, we have many ways to fend off mosquitoes and black flies, but they all carry minuses: the repellent DEET is oily and dissolves plastics and nylon. Insect-proof clothing turns hot days into ...

Its saliva prevents blood clots, allowing it to ingest blood. Mosquitoes do not naturally carry infections but can acquire them after drinking blood containing an infection. A mosquito can then ...

In other words, this technique allows scientists to not only ensure that female mosquitoes carrying malaria can’t spread the disease to humans, but that they can’t reproduce in general.

Gnats may be harmless to humans, but they’re still nuisances and pests to plants. Learn how to handle a gnat infestation at ...

In partnership with the state Department of Environmental Protection, the captured bugs are tested to see if they are carrying certain ... known as the Northern House Mosquito.

It’s a bad year for mosquito-borne illnesses: Mosquitoes carrying Eastern equine encephalitis have prompted people in Massachusetts to stay indoors at night. Dr. Anthony Fauci was recently ...