Deep inside Medellin, Colombia, scientists are breeding millions of mosquitoes every week and then releasing them into the ...

Oct. 10 (UPI) --The world's largest factory that produces mosquitoes that can prevent dengue, Zika and chikungunya viruses from reproducing has opened in Curitiba, Brazil, aiming to boost protection ...

Inside a small building in eastern Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Cátia Cabral holds up a jar filled with what looks like fine black pepper. But this ain't pepper. Each granule is actually a tiny mosquito ...

Science and nature have always been at odds with each other. But sometimes, in order to win this battle, scientists take steps that sound almost like a scene from a fantasy story. While the whole ...

The Wolbachia method is a safe, natural and non-GMO technique that introduces Wolbachia bacteria into Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, preventing them from transmitting viruses such as dengue, Zika, and chik ...

DHAKA, May 6, 2026 (BSS) - Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md Sakhawat Husain has said the piloting project to strengthen dengue control efforts through the Wolbachia method is in ...

DDT helped wipe out one of the deadliest species from Brazil, but that's not the end of the story. By RJ Mackenzie Published May 2, 2025 8:00 AM EDT Add Popular Science (opens in a new tab) More ...

Mosquitoes carrying West Nile have already begun terrorizing New Jersey — two weeks earlier than last year, according to state data. As of June 7, the potentially fatal illness has been found in 10 ...