Summer is here and so are all the insects and bugs that plague us and our homes during the hottest times of the year.

SUGAR LAND, Texas — A mosquito pool in Sugar Land has tested positive for the West Nile virus, prompting city officials to ...

“We've moved away from the 1-5 score, giving more detail as a graduated colour map, representing midge risk from 1-100%,” ...

Each summer, people in mosquito country slather themselves with DEET, or diethyltoluamide, the synthetic liquid widely seen as the most effective mosquito repellent around. But in some situations, ...

Don't give up on DEET or insect repellent. But in the right situation, mosquitoes are smart enough to seek out the smell, a ...

Either way, DEET remains the most effective, safe topical mosquito repellent. If you’re headed to a region with a malaria ...

The program seeks approval to release millions of non-biting male mosquitoes to reduce the spread of diseases. California ...

Ticks. Just the thought of them is enough to make most people’s skin crawl. Unfortunately, east Idaho residents are seeing ...

Mosquitoes may learn to associate the smell of DEET with a meal — the blood of a human — which can attract them to the ...

Google seeks US approval for public health initiative involving the release of 32 million bacteria-infected mosquitoes in California and Florida. Here's why ...

According to a Yahoo report, the project is designed to reduce populations of disease-carrying mosquitoes by releasing ...

Mosquito repellents are key to protecting ourselves from mosquito bites and the pathogens they might carry. The most widely ...