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A female Anopheles albimanus mosquito is not only responsible for the spread of Malaria A female Anopheles albimanus mosquito is not only responsible for the spread of Malaria The new finding stems ...

The key ingredient in catnip, called nepetalactone, can now be brewed in genetically engineered yeast. The chemical is a highly effective insect repellent, but catnip plants (Nepeta cataria) don’t ...

A whiff of catnip can make mosquitoes buzz off, and now researchers know why. So researchers exposed mosquitoes and fruit flies to catnip and monitored the insects’ behavior. Fruit flies were less ...

A new study hints that plants like catnip and silver vine may also protect your feline friend from mosquitoes. By Katherine J. Wu For a lesson in euphoria, look no further than a house cat twined ...

New research may have people heading to their backyard instead of the store at the outset of this year's mosquito season. New collaborative research from Northwestern University and Lund University ...