OC Vector hopes that by utilizing a sterile insect technique that the sterilized males will outcompete the non-sterilized ...

Orange County will release sterilized male mosquitoes to reduce populations of the disease-carrying Aedes aegypti. The project, starting in May, aims to curb diseases like dengue and zika. Residents ...

Kaua‘i Forest Bird Recovery Project on Feb. 13 conducted its first release of male mosquitoes into a state forest reserve on the Garden Isle’s vast Alakaʻi Plateau in the battle against avian malaria ...

The state’s plans to curb the spread of avian malaria, which is decimating native bird populations, has been given a second ...

The Collier Mosquito Control District is releasing sterile male mosquitoes to combat the population, especially the disease-carrying Aedes aegypti species. The sterile males, bred from local ...

An appeals court upheld the continuation of mosquito population control efforts on Maui, utilizing incompatible male ...

An appeals court has upheld a decision made by the Environmental Court, paving the way for a mosquito population control project on Maui to move forward.

The strategy shows promise in significantly decreasing mosquito populations and disease transmission. The male mosquitoes were genetically modified to introduce a gene that causes female offspring ...

Government advisers say they need innovations that would help to control the disease, both the parasite and the vector ...