That is mosquito larvae from the Aedes aegypti, or yellow fever mosquitoes. They can carry debilitating diseases like dengue, ...

Dylan Rees delves into how new research involving sterilised male mosquitos could benefit humans in preventing the spread of diseases.

"Toxic male technique" genetically engineers male insects to produce insect-specific venom proteins in their semen.

Aedes aegypti, a common vector of dengue fever and yellow fever. Image by Muhammad ... Annual Meeting provide evidence that releasing mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti) carrying a common bacterium of ...

GENETICALLY engineered "toxic male" mosquitoes ... Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae that actually bite humans. And if they do bite, they risk transmitting deadly diseases like malaria, dengue ...

A biotechnology firm has been seeking approval from the federal government to release genetically modified mosquitoes in Queensland, but its controversial plan faces community backlash.

The project aimed to reduce the population of yellow fever-carrying mosquitoes in Queensland, also known as aedes aegypti academically, to prevent mosquito-borne disease outbreak. The species ...

A genetic biocontrol method which reduces the lifespan of female insects could work as fast as pesticides to reduce populations of disease-spreading mosquitoes and destructive crop pests, according to ...

Mosquitoes pose a grave threat to human health. They are vectors for devastating diseases like dengue fever and Zika ... potential impact of the TMT on Aedes aegypti mosquitoes — a primary ...