Wolbachia bacteria could offer an environmentally-friendly way of controlling mosquitoes and the many diseases they spread.

A Silver Spring mosquito control business is looking to shift the pest management industry to a more eco-friendly practice. Their method? Release 600,000 sterilized mosquitoes in Maryland suburbs just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. New research on Joro spiders by Georgia Gwinnett College found the invasive critters carry a bacteria that can cause them to go ...

When fruit flies are infected with the Wolbachia bacteria, their sex lives—and ability to reproduce—change dramatically. Arizona State University scientist Timothy Karr decided to find out why. What ...

Researchers at Kyushu University have found that when azuki bean beetles infected with Wolbachia bacteria are exposed to a simulated climate change environment—characterized by elevated temperature ...

The technology company's proposal for mosquito population control isn't quite as dramatic as it sounds.

New research reveals how the bacteria strain Wolbachia pipientis enhances the fertility of the insects it infects, an insight that could help scientists increase the populations of mosquitoes that do ...

You don't need to stock up on repellent, or worry about getting more mosquito bites, these male insects don't feed on humans.

Assistant Professor of Biomolecular Engineering Shelbi Russell studies to better understand the relationship between this bacteria and its insect hosts, with implications for the control of human ...