The project is supported by funding from the Gates Foundation. Mosquito nets treated with insecticides are the most effective measure for preventing malaria. However, malaria control is at risk ...

Today, her farm, tucked away in a quiet neighborhood outside Pattaya, is part of Thailand’s thriving edible insect industry, home to over 20,000 cricket farms. As a member of a cooperative of 18 ...

I practice companion planting. I don’t spray pesticides or insecticides and, instead of synthetic fertilizers, use compost or make my own out of comfrey or stinging nettle. I wish I could buy ...

I can assure Humphries that my grandmother didn’t walk with a limp her entire life because of exposure to an insecticide. In fact, science suggests that better sanitation and cleaner drinking water ...

Malaria remains one of Africa’s deadliest public health threats, with efforts to eradicate the disease slowing at an alarming rate. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), African ...

The remarkable insect, found in northern Myanmar, possesses a unique abdomen resembling a Venus flytrap, likely used to capture prey. This parasitic wasp, unearthed from the Kachin region ...

Haines from the Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine. "Our findings suggest that using nitisinone could be a promising new complementary tool for controlling insect-borne diseases like malaria." The ...

Instead, researchers suggested the flytrap-like structure was used to hold a wriggly insect still while the wasp laid an egg, depositing a baby wasp to feed on and drain its new host. It’s a playbook ...

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