Low doses of a drug already approved for treating rare genetic conditions in humans kills mosquitoes dead. Scientists say it ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... We’ve known for more than a century that a mosquito’s bite can pass on brutal disease: Zika is the virus ...

This story appears in the August 2016 issue of National Geographic magazine ... The walls are covered with drawings of mosquitoes. Mosquito books line the shelves. Hanging next to his desk ...

This story appears in the March 2019 issue of National Geographic magazine. If there were a competition for the world’s weirdest insect, treehoppers would have a clear shot at first place.

The drug can cause side effects in humans — but the people with these rare disorders "typically have to take much higher quantities of the drug than would be needed for effective mosquito control," ...

the drug might be able to knock down disease-transmitting mosquito populations to the point that it breaks the chain of infection," said National Geographic. Ivermectin is another drug that is ...