Wolbachia can be found in up to 60 percent of insects around the world, including butterflies and bees. While not typically found in the Aedes aegypti mosquito -- the species that also transmits ...

Singapore is ramping up its fight against dengue fever, announcing a significant expansion of its Wolbachia program, CNA reports. The initiative involves releasing male Wolbachia-carrying Aedes ...

Brazil has launched the world's largest biofactory for mosquitoes carrying the Wolbachia bacterium, a natural method to ...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially ...

This article was originally featured on Undark. At Singapore’s National Environment Agency, more than a million mosquitoes buzz inside plastic boxes in a breeding room that smells of fermented sugar.

Inside a massive factory in the industrial district of Curitiba, Brazil, millions of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes are breeding in ...

The fight against dengue fever has a new weapon: a mosquito infected with the bacteria Wolbachia, which prevents the spread of the virus. These mosquitoes have now been deployed in several trials ...

The fight against dengue fever has a new weapon: a mosquito infected with the bacteria Wolbachia, which prevents the spread of the virus. These mosquitoes have now been deployed in several trials ...

A factory in the Brazilian city of Curitiba receives 70 liters of blood every week. It is supplied to mosquitoes raised there ...

IN a significant escalation of the fight against dengue, a new state-of-the-art insectarium capable of producing up to ...

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — For decades, preventing dengue fever in Honduras has meant teaching people to fear mosquitoes and avoid their bites. Now, Hondurans are being educated about a potentially more ...