Mosquito-borne diseases, including malaria and dengue, kill thousands of people per year. In 2023 alone, malaria killed over ...

Metarhizium robertsii, a pathogenetic soil-dwelling fungus, infects a variety of insects through spores that eventually kill them. Scientists have known that the fungus can spread when a healthy bug ...

Johnson County Environmental Health Specialist Laura Sneller checks a New Jersey Light Trap mosquito trap at Lake Macbride State Park near Solon on Aug. 22. A wetter than average year has led to ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that infected and killed them.

It was thought that Aedes aegypti could not survive in the Mountain West. But now, a population is thriving in Colorado.

The number of mosquitoes infected with potentially deadly viruses has been increasing in Luzerne County, researchers have ...

On Thursday, Hays County was notified of a second mosquito trap sample that tested positive for West Nile virus.

Fulton County health officials have confirmed two new cases of West Nile virus found in mosquito traps around the county. So far, positive cases have been reported in mosquito traps in northwest and ...

AUSTIN, Texas — For the second time in the last week, a mosquito trap in Hays County has tested positive for West Nile Virus. The Hays County Health Department received confirmation on Thursday that a ...