Maybe not for humans, but researchers as Drexel University say the popular artificial sweetener packs just the right punch to halt the egg production of fruit flies. Erythritol, the sugar alcohol ...

Using pests as part of an insect birth control program helps to get rid of them, UA researchers find. A new approach that combines the planting of pest-resistant cotton and releasing large numbers of ...

May 23 (UPI) --According to a new study, a popular artificial sweetener could double as a pesticide and birth control for insects. In recent experiment, scientists used erythritol -- the sugar alcohol ...

TUCSON, AZ — Can you imagine fewer disease-carrying mosquitoes? Researchers at the University of Arizona are looking to create a world with less biting and less blood sucking. Scientists in Tucson are ...

In the Dominican Republic, agriculture is the second most important industry and a major employer. In March 2015, the outbreak of a highly destructive agricultural pest, the Mediterranean fruit fly, ...

People use insect repellents to keep harmful or annoying bugs away. Natural insect repellents do not contain toxic chemicals, and some research indicates they are effective. All pesticides that are ...