On Thursday, Hays County was notified of a second mosquito trap sample that tested positive for West Nile virus.

A second mosquito trap tested positive for West Nile Virus in Hays County. It was found in the unincorporated area of ...

AUSTIN, Texas — For the second time in the last week, a mosquito trap in Hays County has tested positive for West Nile Virus.

Metarhizium robertsii, a pathogenetic soil-dwelling fungus, infects a variety of insects through spores that eventually kill them. Scientists have known that the fungus can spread when a healthy bug ...

TikTok user Finch (@afinchmerely) shared a simple, chemical-free hack that has kept their yard completely mosquito-free. In the clip, Finch explains that even by late May, "I have not gotten a single ...

In experiments, researchers showed that the disease-spreading insects couldn’t resist the sweet smell of a fungus that ...

Border Patrol official Greg Bovino is due in court Tuesday to take questions about a federal immigration crackdown in the ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — With many children on fall break and temperatures staying cool, Valley parks are expected to see heavy crowds throughout the week. However, families should prepare for an ...

A person on Long Island has been infected with the mosquito-borne Chikungunya virus, the first time someone has caught the disease in New York, state health officials said. Chikungunya disease is most ...

Rainfall creates ideal breeding grounds for mosquitoes in standing water like puddles and gutters. The most effective way to get rid of mosquitoes is to eliminate standing water sources around your ...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Mosquitoes have taken over the Valley in droves: they might be swarming all around your head, but the problem is definitely not in your head. The lack of monsoon action over the ...

China’s Guangdong Province is battling its worst-ever chikungunya outbreak, with thousands of infections spreading across major cities and nearby regions. Transmitted by Aedes mosquitoes, the disease ...