Mosquitoes thrive in summer, but expert tips and treatments can help you keep them out of your backyard and protect your family.

The low-maintenance setup uses water, grass clippings, and mosquito dunks to naturally interrupt the mosquito breeding cycle.

For best results, place multiple buckets in shady areas and replace BTI discs every four to six weeks.

Scientists at Virginia Tech may have just made it easier to fight the world's deadliest animal: the mosquito. Only female mosquitoes bite because they need nutrients from blood to develop eggs. That ...

Understanding mosquito genetics for mosquito-borne diseases such as dengue and Zika can lead to better control methods, reducing their spread around the world. Virginia Tech researchers have found a ...

A novel disease prevention strategy—targeting a mosquito that spreads the dengue virus—significantly reduces both the mosquito numbers and cases of disease across a community, finds a major new study.

Researchers have found a new way to identify genetic targets useful for control of mosquito populations, potentially offering an alternative to insecticides. Their study focused on the genetic basis ...

What’s the best way to combat mosquito-borne diseases? Apparently, releasing more of the bloodsuckers, according to a ...

Genetic modification for the control of mosquitoes is frequently touted as a solution for a variety of vector-borne diseases. There has been some success using non-insecticidal methods like sterile or ...