In the toxic male technique, genetically engineered male insects would implant semen containing toxic venom into the female insects during mating. Madugrero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA Insects do a ...

On a still night, as the air is thick with silence, the sharp, whining buzz of a mosquito shatters the calm. These blood-sucking insects that disturb people’s deep slumber are also responsible for ...

INDIANAPOLIS, Nov. 5, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Globally, thousands of species of insects threaten crop yield by feeding on plants, transmitting diseases and damaging plant tissues, which leads to ...

Terry Powers, 75, has been a lawyer, a car salesman and a jazz musician. Now, he’s a Buddhist beekeeper. “Better karma,” he said, tending to his hives on a recent sunny morning in Lower Coast Algiers.

Insects do a lot more harm than ruining picnics. Some insects spread devastating diseases, while others cause staggering economic losses in agriculture. To control some of these pests, scientists are ...