Traditionally, public health programs have relied on chemicals for mosquito management, which may be why combating mosquitoes ...

A recent study uncovers the mechanism by which these tiny creatures develop immunity to the poison used to kill them ...

Mosquitoes are among the world's deadliest animals, spreading diseases such as malaria, dengue, Zika and yellow fever that ...

Insecticides may help growers hoping to protect their crops from harmful insects, but they also may contribute to a larger amount of some weeds, according to a new study. Insecticides may help growers ...

Several diseases are caused by viruses, bacteria, or even parasites. Sometimes, these microorganisms cannot infect humans (or other animals) by themselves, so they rely on other organisms—called ...

From aphid-ridden roses to France’s National Assembly in 2026, one small suffix is steering how we fight pests. But does ...

The choices people make to control mosquitoes in their own backyards may be helping some of those mosquitoes survive the very ...

New Delhi, Oct. 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global household insecticides market to generate a revenue of US$ 22.28 billion by 2032 from US$ 13.19 billion in 2023 at a CAGR of 6.0% during the ...

But before you reach for the organophosphates and neonicotinoids, or other carcinogenic and beneficial-insect-killing systemic insecticides that are still permitted for pest control in home gardens, ...

Victoria Ingham discusses the importance of insecticides in controlling vector-borne diseases and the ReMVeC project, which ...

Researchers discover that neonicotinoid seed treatments are driving a dramatic increase in insecticide toxicity in U.S. agricultural landscapes, despite evidence that these treatments have little to ...