Researchers from The University of Osaka and collaborators proposed the Insect Synergy Circuit (ISC), a new concept for ...

The study, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society, was straightforward by design. Researchers randomly assigned ...

Garlic, as your grandmother may have told you, repels mosquitoes; it also completely blocks them from mating and laying eggs.

Here's how to identify pesky pests and stay safe outdoors.

DEET has helped repel mosquitoes for 80 years. However, mosquitoes can learn to associate the repellant with food. They may ...

Every summer, millions of people spray themselves with DEET to keep mosquitoes away. But new research suggests mosquitoes may ...

Descending neurons that encode widefield motion vision in the fly have sexually dimorphic velocity tuning, while the wing beat amplitude, which these neurons presumably control, is monomorphic.

Researchers found that Aedes aegypti, or yellow fever mosquitoes, can learn to associate the smell of DEET with a food reward through repeated exposure during feeding. In laboratory experiments, more ...

A new field study finds that city lights suppress mosquito dormancy more powerfully than urban warming, extending biting ...

An invasive ant spreading through Central Texas is proving even harder to control than scientists expected — and the reason ...

A warm, wet Texas spring is fueling pest outbreaks in pastures, rice, corn and cotton. Here's what producers need to watch.

Crows' intelligence is truly impressive. Research by Corina Logan of UC Santa Barbara and collaborators at the University of Auckland in New Zealand shows how New Caledonian crows meet and beat ...