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There are vaccines against some mosquito-borne diseases (e.g., yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis) and you can take medication to help prevent malaria. But you should also take precautions to avoid ...

Troops are being issued with an insect repellent that might offer a new layer of protection against COVID-19, Sky News can reveal. The product, called Citriodiol, is known to kill types of ...

More than 75 percent of the world’s insect species are insufficiently protected when it comes to conservation areas around the globe, according to a recent new study. From our favorites like bees and ...

More targeted and non-chemical methods of pest control could soon be available thanks to a new insect genome sequencing project. Scientists at Rothamsted Research have created a new database of 19 ...

Trafficking of insects is a growing but overlooked aspect of global environmental crime - and legal systems are failing to ...

Germany passed legislation on Friday imposing more ambitious climate targets and tougher curbs on pesticides to protect insects, both controversial flagship projects of Chancellor Angela Merkel's ...

Conservationists say fears of an insect apocalypse, Armageddon and absolute extinction are overblown, but acting now could save populations that are plummeting. Seven 'no-regret' actions could rescue ...

A worldwide compilation of insect abundance studies shows the number of land-dwelling insects is in decline. On average, there is a global decrease of 0.92 percent per year, which translates to ...

Farmers always say that they care about the environment, while environmental protection organisations demand ever stricter regulations for the agricultural industry. With Germany's new insect ...

Hester Weaving receives funding from a BBSRC studentship. Animals can only endure temperatures within a given range. The upper and lower temperatures of this range are called its critical thermal ...