We often find our outdoor fun activities restricted by the presence of pesky insects. There are plenty of commercial insect repellents available in the market, but some of us are wary of the harsh ...

A successful garden does not need a chemical arsenal to stay protected. The right plants can stand guard, release powerful scents, and send many common pests searching for an easier target. Instead of ...

Scientists at Rothamsted Research and ApresLabs Ltd have demonstrated that SYN-A, a naturally derived synergist extracted ...

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Kenny Coogan: Your products are billed as safe enough for schools and hospitals. How exactly do they work without harsh synthetic chemicals? J.B. Williams: I’m a chemical engineer and what we call ...

Here at the Strategist, we like to think of ourselves as crazy (in the good way) about the stuff we buy, but as much as we’d like to, we can’t try everything. Which is why we have People’s Choice, in ...

Synthetic gene drive technology for insect control can give rise to resistance. A recent study, which assessed gene drive performance in four varieties of the flour beetle Tribolium castaneum, ...

An insect in a wetland where frogs and toads are singing had better be careful. These amphibians serve as a natural insect control. Bugs form a major part of their diet. If the wetland is an acidic ...

The amount of mosquitoes recorded inside the traps set in wards where Wolbachia-infected males were released plummeted 77%.