Until now, most "modified mosquito" research has focused on creating males that mate with wild females and cause them to only create male young or stop them from producing offspring entirely.

In a bid to control the mosquito population, Australian researchers have come up with a new method that involves poisoning female mosquitos. The technique entails genetically modifying males to ...

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aegypti spread each brood to multiple sites: lace the first with larva poison that the mosquito takes in when she lands. Then at her next site, she poisons her own offspring. No silver bullets ...

If you think you have had a reaction to the mosquito spray, talk to your doctor or call the regional Poison Control Center at 1-800-222-1222. Mosquito control officials recently sprayed a ...

A new study by Macquarie University researchers has suggested that the toxic male technique could be used to address the prevalence of mosquito-borne illness. The scientists, which genetically ...

Genetically modified mosquitoes with poisonous semen could soon be deployed in a bid to take out the disease carrying female mosquitoes. Researchers from the government funded CSIRO have worked ...

This 'toxic male technique' aims to quickly suppress mosquito-borne disease outbreaks like dengue fever, which impacts millions worldwide. In a bid to control the mosquito population, Australian ...

Researchers from the government funded CSIRO have worked with UK company Oxitec Ltd to develop a genetically modified species of mosquito that will hopefully see blood-feasting and disease ...