A relatively new class of insecticide that can be disseminated on something the size of a sheet of paper offers protection for up to a year against mosquitoes that spread malaria, as well as dengue, ...

Purdue researchers have identified a new class of chemical insecticides that could provide a safer, more selective means of controlling mosquitoes that transmit key infectious diseases such as dengue, ...

A new study from The University of Toledo suggests early exposure to a common class of insecticides called pyrethroids may increase the risk of autism and other developmental disorders, even at levels ...

Monarch butterfly investigates a blossoming plant in a prairie at Kellogg Biological Station in Hickory Corners, Michigan. (Kurt Stepnitz/CC-BY 4.0 via Courthouse News) (CN) — Global rates of ...

The deadliest animal on the planet could be destroyed by a simple household product, scientists say. Mosquitoes kill more people that any other animal in the world by spreading diseases like malaria, ...

Could the solution to the decades-long battle against malaria be as simple as soap? In a new study published in PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, scientists at The University of Texas at El Paso have ...

A decade-long review by George Mason University researchers reveals growing evidence that neonicotinoid insecticides—the world’s most widely used class of pesticides—may harm male reproductive health.