Three species of immature mosquito: the common house mosquito, and the malaria vectors An. arabiensis and An. funestus.
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Researchers are only beginning to understand the impact of pollution and increased temperatures on the biology of mosquitoes.
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Possible causes of limb malformations in babies born in rural areas of France.
Ant infected and killed by entomopathogenic fungus.
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New research shows teaming fungi with ‘friendly’ viruses could create an environmentally sustaiable and efficient way to protect crops.
Honey bees are the most important single species for crop pollination.
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Research shows that managed honey bees may pose a threat to free roaming honey bee populations.
A close-up of a female Anopheles arabiensis feeding.
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South Africa is piloting a new technique as it drives to eliminate malaria.
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A tree-killing beetle has invaded South Africa. This is what should be done.
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Meta-analysis studies have made it possible to sort through apparently contradictory research by looking at the bigger picture.
Insects are constantly adapting to methods used to control them.
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Farmers needs a way to manage harmful insects without destroying the ecological balance.
The polyphagous shothole borer is tiny - but a fungus it’s commonly associated with can be deadly for trees.
Wilhelm de Beer
The beetle and the fungus have devastated trees in California in the US as well as in Israel. Now they’re in South Africa.
Insecta cimicidae.
Akos Nagy
The experiences of a migrant district in Scotland’s biggest city could be the shape of things to come.
Makame Makame from the Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Programme holds one of the drones used to map malaria vectors.
Andy Hardy
Epidemiologists and public health managers are looking to complement indoor-based malaria solutions with those that focus on the outdoors. Drones are a crucial part of their armoury.
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A spike in the number of malaria cases in southern Africa means that the region will not meet its initial target of eliminating malaria by 2018.
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Here’s how to take the sting out of these harmful pesticides.
A second Malaria causing mosquito has been discovered in South Africa .
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Malaria in South Africa is close to being eliminated but to complicate matters scientists have identified a second mosquito transmitting the disease.
Artemisinin-based combination therapy is the first line recommended malaria treatment.
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The gains made towards eliminating malaria in endemic countries is being threatened by insecticide and antimalarial drug resistance.
Pyrethroids can be found in some head-lice products.
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An association isn’t the same as causation – and as far as associations go, the one in this study was pretty weak.
The Vespula germanica, or German wasp, is an invasive species in South Africa.
Carolien van Zyl
Indigenous biocontrol agents could be used to curb the spread of invasive wasps across South Africa and into sub-Saharan Africa.
Cages full of hand reared yellow fever mosquitoes await research (or possibly release)
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Upscaling the success of emerging mosquito control technologies relies on automating the rearing and release of millions of mosquitoes. Australia is to become the testing ground for a novel strategy.
Honeybees aren’t the only wildlife affected by pesticides – wild bees and butterflies also feel the effect.
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Two new studies have linked controversial pesticides neonicotinoides to wild bee and butterfly declines.
Head lice are an itchy problem to solve. But don’t panic, there are alternatives to insecticides.
Cameron Webb
New research confirms what many parents already know: head lice are getting harder to kill. How else can we control these itchy pests plaguing our playgrounds?